1. State security forces kill and abduct civilians. 2. Police said ELN rebels abducted eight civilians and captured five police officers who tried to break up that second roadblock Tuesday. 3. A civilian was abducted and shot dead by unidentified gunmen in eastern Batticaloa district, the military statement said. 4. Amnesty International accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam rebels on Tuesday of abducting Tamil civilians for ransom and demanded the guerrillas stop such acts immediately. 5. Fighters regularly attacked villages, stealing food, torching homes, and abducting civilians to work at forced labor for faction fighters. 6. Human rights have accused the Sudanese government of abducting civilians in the conflict and forcing them into slavery. 7. Human rights groups have accused the Sudanese government of abducting civilians and forcing them into slavery. 8. The civilians were abducted from cheap hotels or while travelling in Colombo during the last four months. 9. The rebels, who are based across the border in southern Sudan, often abduct civilians to force them into their ranks or turn them into concubines. 10. The warnings were issued after two separate incidents in which Khmer Rouge guerrillas abducted foreign civilians and later killed them. |