Word: gunpoint
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...poor mechanic, the better to fool potential robbers. He rubs grease and dirt on his face to conceal from possible Taliban attackers that he is clean-shaven. These precautions, Saboor says, have saved his life. Just the other day, a gang of thieves robbed his passengers at gunpoint. Two weeks ago, Taliban insurgents pulled some 50 passengers off a bus and slaughtered 27 men they falsely claimed were Afghan soldiers...
...Another phone call: a close friend's father, a French-Afghan businessman and relative of the late king, was kidnapped at gunpoint last night, just a few blocks from where Williams was shot this morning. And the kidnappers of the son of another prominent businessman have delivered a ransom note, demanding $20 million...
...kitchenware in Kohsar market, where Islamabad's wealthier local residents and foreigners used to flock for imported foods and other goodies. "It's very slow," says Quereshi of recent trade. "The economy is down but security is the big problem: bombings, thieves. Pakistan is falling." Quereshi was robbed at gunpoint on his way to work recently. The three men took 70 rupees in cash (just under $1) as well as his beloved Nokia cell phone "with camera." Grimacing as he talks, he forms his hand into a pistol and then says: "Just like in California, who's poor...
...Harvard graduate students were robbed at gunpoint while walking along Cambridge Street near Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School early yesterday morning, according to a community advisory sent out by the Harvard University Police Department. The two victims reported that they were approached by an unknown individual who displayed a handgun and demanded their wallets at approximately 1:20 a.m., according to the advisory. The victims gave up their wallets and a cell phone before the individual fled the area. HUPD officers responded to a call placed by the victims. Neither student was injured during the incident. They described...
...part, Anderson claimed that he'd been kidnapped at gunpoint (albeit a replica), forced to have sex while chained to the bed (and twice more unchained), and that, despite being six foot four and 240 lbs. (110 kg), had never resisted. "I had made a plan for my release," Anderson testified, "but it wasn't through running away. I was going to cooperate." Even after his ordeal, when McKinney and May drove him back to London and a long lunch in Trafalgar Square, he still cooperated...