11.   Sabtulah participated in a mass kidnapping of foreigners at a beach resort in Malaysia last year.

12.   Such instructions are often issued after mass kidnappings and other crimes but are generally disregarded in the interest of sparing lives.

13.   The ELN said it would keep seeking talks with the government while continuing negotiations with civic leaders, but the process was interrupted by rebel bombings and mass kidnappings.

14.   The same group staged another mass kidnapping last year, and kidnap-for-ransom criminal gangs have been flourishing in recent months.

15.   Thirteen of the hostages were freed a day after the mass kidnapping amid army pursuit.

16.   His dramatic Rape of the Sabine Women depicts a mass kidnapping of women by the soldiers who founded ancient Rome.

17.   In each of the four recent mass kidnappings in southern Russia, the abductors have either been identified as Chechens or sought to flee there with their ransom.

18.   The rebels repeated its promise to forego mass kidnapping for ransom, even once the truce concludes.