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    certain acts of war." A party who seizes one or more hostages is known as a hostage-taker; if the hostages are present voluntarily, then the receiver is known...
    26 KB (3,450 words) - 16:07, 7 September 2024
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    addition to hostages with only Israeli citizenship, almost half of the hostages are foreign nationals or have multiple citizenships. Some hostages were Negev...
    222 KB (17,265 words) - 03:01, 11 September 2024
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    The Iran hostage crisis (Persian: تسخیر سفارت آمریکا) was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-three American diplomats and...
    116 KB (11,962 words) - 22:54, 9 September 2024
  • republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia) on 1 September 2004. The hostage-takers were members of the Riyad-us Saliheen, sent by the Chechen warlord Shamil...
    187 KB (18,910 words) - 14:24, 6 September 2024
  • into the building, and subsequently stormed it, killing all 40 hostage takers. 132 hostages died, largely due to the effects of the gas. Due to the layout...
    104 KB (10,810 words) - 05:57, 3 September 2024
  • in another hostage situation when two teenagers, Dennis Kelly and his brother Kevin, and their accomplice Marshall "Mars" Krupcheck take the accountant...
    13 KB (1,396 words) - 13:59, 3 September 2024
  • Near the end of the hostage crisis, six were killed: three hostages and three of the four hostage-takers. The fourth hostage-taker was captured by authorities...
    30 KB (3,635 words) - 16:41, 26 August 2024
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    encountered the Hawaiian islands in 1779. He was killed while attempting to take hostage Kalaniʻōpuʻu, chief of the island of Hawaii, during a dispute. He left...
    102 KB (10,442 words) - 07:34, 9 September 2024
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    The Gladbeck hostage crisis or Gladbeck hostage drama was a bank robbery and hostage-taking that took place in West Germany from 16 to 18 August 1988...
    21 KB (2,149 words) - 01:51, 1 May 2024
  • must prosecute a hostage taker if no other state requests extradition for prosecution of the same crime. The creation of an anti-hostage-taking treaty was...
    12 KB (417 words) - 20:03, 17 December 2023
  • "starring" Candy, he in fact plays only a minor role, as a Russian hostage taker. Produced with a mostly Canadian cast, the film was released one month...
    3 KB (275 words) - 02:07, 6 September 2024
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    killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage, who were later killed in a failed rescue attempt. Black September commander...
    133 KB (15,787 words) - 23:40, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
    On 16 June 2024, a hostage situation occurred at a detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. The hostage takers, all Islamic State militants...
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    Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis was a 2022 incident where a 44-year-old man armed with a pistol took four people hostage in a synagogue in Colleyville...
    76 KB (6,569 words) - 20:10, 3 September 2024
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    Volgograd Region Take Prison Guards Hostage". The Moscow Times. August 23, 2024. "Russian Inmates Take Staff Hostage At Prison Colony". Barrons. 2024-08-23...
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    Ma'alot massacre (category Hostage taking in Israel)
    a pre-military Gadna field trip spending the night in Ma'alot. The hostage-takers soon issued demands for the release of 23 Palestinian militants and...
    20 KB (2,121 words) - 15:37, 1 September 2024
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    Rachel Goldberg-Polin (category Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis)
    1970) is an American-Israeli activist, primarily focused on resolving the hostage crisis which began with the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023...
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  • Thumbnail for 1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking
    The 1977 Hanafi Siege was a terrorist attack, hostage-taking, and standoff in Washington, D.C., lasting from March 9 to March 11, 1977. Three buildings...
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    The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident (Tagalog: Pagbibihag ng bus sa Maynila), took place when a disgruntled...
    109 KB (9,970 words) - 15:40, 31 August 2024
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    Iranian Embassy siege (category Hostage taking in the United Kingdom)
    negotiators secured the release of five hostages in exchange for minor concessions, such as the broadcasting of the hostage-takers' demands on British television...
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