List of hostage crises

This is a list of notable hostage crises by date. IncidentLocation(s)StartDurationNumber ofhostagesGaza war hostage crisis Gaza envelope, Israel days 250+Nduga hostage crisis Nduga Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia days9+Leidseplein hostage crisis Leidseplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 hours1Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis Colleyville, Texas, United States 10 hours, 41 minutes42020 Lutsk hostage crisis Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine12 hours, 21 minutes132020 Greenhills hostage crisis San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines9 hours55Carcassonne and Trèbes attack Trèbes, Aude, France3 hours, 40 minutes2Siege of Marawi Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines5 months1,770+2017 Hanoi hostage crisis Hanoi, Vietnam10 days382016 Yerevan hostage crisis Yerevan, Armenia15 days9July 2016 Dhaka attack Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh11 hours, 10 minutes35+Orlando nightclub shooting Orlando, Florida, United States3 hours, 12 minutes320Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis Kunduz Province, AfghanistanUnclear end date220+2015 Bamako hotel attack Bamako, Mali9 hours170November 2015 Paris attacks Paris, France2 hours, 20 minutes20Samal Island hostage crisis Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines13 months4Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France4 hours 30 minutes192014 Peshawar school massacre Army Public School Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan7 hours1,099Lindt Cafe siege Martin Place, Sydney, AustraliaApproximately 17 hours182014 Stockton bank robbery Stockton, California and Lodi, California, United StatesApproximately 1 hour32014 Moscow school shooting Moscow, RussiaApproximately 2 hours29Westgate shopping mall attack Nairobi, Kenya3 daysZamboanga City crisis Zamboanga City, Philippines19 days2013 Islamabad hostage crisis Islamabad, Pakistan6 hours2013 Hialeah shooting Hialeah, FloridaApproximately 3 hours2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis Midland City, Alabama6 daysIn Amenas hostage crisis In Amenas, Algeria3 days2012 Bain murder-kidnappings Whiteville, Tennessee and Alpine, Mississippi, United States13 days2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis Muar, Johor, Malaysia6 hours302011 Hectorville siege Hectorville, South Australia, Australia8 hoursPanama City school board shootings Panama City, Florida, United StatesUnknown2010 Baghdad church massacre Baghdad, IraqAbout 4 hours2010 Discovery headquarters hostage crisis Silver Spring, Maryland, United StatesAbout 5 hoursManila hostage crisis Manila, Philippines10 hours 30 mins2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre Lahore, PakistanSome hoursOctober 2009 Lahore attacks1 hour 30 mins2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack Rawalpindi, Pakistan1 day2009 Yemen hostage crisis Saada Governorate, Yemen11 months9Binghamton shooting Binghamton, New York, United States1 day2009 Lahore police academy attack Lahore, PakistanSome hoursBangladesh Rifles revolt Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh2 days2008 Mumbai attacks Mumbai, Maharashtra, India3 daysEloá Pimentel hostage crisis Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil4 daysEspírito Santo Bank of Campolide robbery Lisbon, Portugal8 hoursSouth Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan Ghazni Province, Afghanistan42 daysSiege of Lal Masjid Islamabad, Pakistan9 daysJohnson Space Center shooting Houston, Texas, United StatesAbout 3 hoursWest Nickel Mines School shooting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United StatesSome hoursPlatte Canyon High School hostage crisis Bailey, Colorado, United StatesAbout 4 hoursSeattle Jewish Federation shooting Seattle, Washington, United StatesApproximately 15 minutesChrobog family kidnapping Yemen3 days2005 raid on Nalchik Nalchik, RussiaSome hoursEnnepetal hostage taking Ennepetal, GermanyAbout 6 hoursBeslan school siege Beslan, Russia3 days2004 Khobar massacre Khobar, Saudi Arabia25 hours2003 Sahara hostage crisis Algeria208 daysMoscow theater hostage crisis Moscow, Russia2½ daysAkshardham Temple attack Gandhinagar, India2 daysDos Palmas kidnappings Palawan, PhilippinesVaried periodsOperation Barras Sierra Leone17 daysBus 174 hostage crisis Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSome hoursSauk Siege Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia3 days Wasserbillig crèche hostage crisis Wasserbillig, Luxembourg 28 hours 52 https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1527804.html2000 Fijian coup d'état Suva, Fiji56 daysNishi-Tetsu bus hijackingFukuoka, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima Prefectures, Japan3–4 May 200015 hours212000 Sipadan kidnappings Sipadan, Malaysia, Jolo, PhilippinesVaried periodsJoseph Palczynski standoff Dundalk, Maryland, United States4 daysIndian Airlines Flight 814 Amritsar, India, Dubai, UAE, Lahore, Pakistan, Kandahar, Afghanistan8 days1901998 Cúa hostage crisis Cúa, Venezuela7 hoursJapanese embassy hostage crisis Lima, Peru126 days Caracas, Venezuela20 hours1996 Honolulu hostage crisis Honolulu, Hawaii, United States7 hoursBlack Sea hostage crisis Trabzon, Turkey, Sochi, Russia4 daysKizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis Kizlyar and Pervomayskoye, Russia9 daysCologne hostage crisis Cologne, Germany28 July 19957 hours241995 kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir Pahalgam, IndiaUnknown Caracas, Venezuela6 hoursBudyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis Budyonnovsk, Russia5 days1995 Salvadoran legislature hostage crisis San Salvador, El Salvador2 days~2,500Air France Flight 8969 Algiers, Algeria, Marseille, France3 days2321994 kidnappings of western tourists in India New Delhi, India12 days41994 Salvadoran legislature hostage crisis San Salvador, El Salvador2 days~200Torp hostage crisis Larvik and Sandefjord, Norway2 daysGresham cat hostage taking incident Gresham, Oregon, United StatesUnknown1 catSalt Lake City Public Library hostage incident Salt Lake City, Utah, United States6 hours1993 Jolimont Centre siege Canberra, Australia2 hoursNeuilly kindergarten hostage crisis Neuilly-sur-Seine, France2 days22Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis San José, Costa Rica4 days1993 Cangai siege Cangai, New South Wales, Australia26 hoursEast Carter High School shooting Grayson, Kentucky, United States16 minutesLindhurst High School shooting Olivehurst, California, United States8 hoursAlta View Hospital hostage incident Sandy, Utah, United States18 hours1991 Sacramento hostage crisis Sacramento, California, United StatesAbout 8 hours41Singapore Airlines Flight 117 Singapore12 hours125Henry's Pub hostage incident Berkeley, California, United States7 hours331990 Hotel Delfino siege Tuguegarao, Cagayan, PhilippinesUnknown1989 Davao hostage crisis Davao City, Philippines3 daysCamp Cawa-Cawa siege Zamboanga City, Philippines12 hoursLoveland River House incident Loveland, Colorado, United States2 hoursPapal visit hostage crisis Maseru, Lesotho1 dayGladbeck hostage crisis Gladbeck, Bremen, Sottrum, and Cologne, West Germany, Oldenzaal, Netherlands3 days29Ouvéa cave hostage taking Ouvéa, New Caledonia14 daysKuwait Airways Flight 422 Mashhad, Iran, Larnaca, Cyprus, Algiers, Algeria 15 days 110Pudu prison siege Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia6 daysPan Am Flight 73 Karachi, Pakistan1 day379Mikkeli hostage crisis Helsinki and Mikkeli, Finland14 hours 10 minsOulu plane hijacking 1986 Oulu, Finland2 hours 45 minsCokeville Elementary School hostage crisis Cokeville, Wyoming, United States2½ hoursEgyptAir Flight 648 Luqa, Malta2 days98Palace of Justice siege Bogotá, ColombiaAchille Lauro hijacking Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt2 days97+Trans World Airlines Flight 847 Beirut, Lebanon, Algiers, Algeria16 days155Bus 300 affair Tel Aviv and Ashkelon, Israel2 days1984 Libyan hostage incident Tripoli, Libya9 months1984 Sydney bank robbery Sydney, Australia6 hoursAbduction of western tourists in Matabeleland Lupane, ZimbabweUnknownLebanon hostage crisis Beirut, LebanonVaried periodsGaruda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 Bangkok, Thailand3 days53Iranian Embassy siege London, United Kingdom6 daysDominican embassy siege Bogotá, Colombia61 daysGrand Mosque seizure Mecca, Saudi Arabia14 days50,000+Iran hostage crisis Tehran, Iran444 days53Mitsubishi Bank hostage incident Osaka, Japan2 daysFinnair Flight 405 Helsinki, Finland19 hours1978 Assen province hall hostage crisis Assen, Netherlands1 day71Cyprus Airways hijacking Larnaca, CyprusLufthansa Flight 181 Larnaca, Cyprus, Dubai, UAE, Aden, South Yemen, Mogadishu, Somalia5 daysJapan Air Lines Flight 472 Dhaka, Bangladesh, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Damascus, Syria1977 De Punt train hijacking De Punt, Netherlands20 days541977 Bovensmilde school hostage crisis Bovensmilde, Netherlands4 days1101977 Hanafi siege Washington, D.C., United States39 hoursTWA Flight 355 Montreal and Gander, Canada, Keflavík, Iceland, Paris, France2 daysOperation Entebbe Benghazi, Libya, Entebbe, Uganda8 days258Balcombe Street siege London, United Kingdom5 daysOPEC siege Vienna, Austria, Algiers, Algeria, Tripoli, Libya3 days1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis Amsterdam, Netherlands15 days42Wijster kidnapping Wijster, Netherlands12 days75Philippine Airlines Flight 111 Manila, Philippines1 hourSpaghetti House siege London, United Kingdom6 days61975 AIA building hostage crisis Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5 daysIsraeli consulate hostage crisis Johannesburg, South Africa19 hoursWest German Embassy siege in Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden12 hours1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague The Hague, Netherlands4 days111974 Huntsville Prison siege Huntsville, Texas, United States11 daysMa'alot massacre Ma'alot, Israel2 daysClaustre Affair Bardaï, Chad1018 days4Laju incident Singapore8 daysNorrmalmstorg robbery Stockholm, Sweden5 daysRoman Catholic mission hostage crisis Centenary, RhodesiaUnknown1973 CIBC bank robbery Kenora, Ontario, CanadaAttack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum Khartoum, Sudan2½ days1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis New York City, New York, United States3 days Balassagyarmat, Hungary6 daysLufthansa Flight 615 Zagreb, Yugoslavia15 hoursMunich massacre Munich, West Germany21 hoursLod Airport massacre Lod, Israel24 minutesSabena Flight 5721 dayLufthansa Flight 649 Aden, South Yemen2 daysAsama-Sansō incident Karuizawa, Japan9 daysNorthwest Orient Flight 305 Washington and Oregon, United States4 hoursOctober Crisis Quebec, Canada60 daysDawson's Field hijackings Zarka, Jordan 8 daysMarin County Civic Center attacks San Rafael, California, United States2 hoursOperation Dragon Rouge Stanleyville, Congo-Léopoldville20–30 daysAerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 hijacking Stanley, Falkland Islands2 daysSiege of Sidney Street London, United KingdomBattle of Ballingarry Ballingarry, Ireland, United Kingdom1 dayFroberg mutiny Fort Ricasoli, Malta6 days

See also List of non-international armed conflicts List of proxy wars List of terrorist incidents List of wars: 2003–present

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