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- Wann
- 22. Apr. 1988 – 5. Mai 1988
- Art
- Militäroperation
- Koordinaten
- 20.65° S, 166.56° E
- Description
- 1988 hostage crisis
Ouvéa cave hostage taking
1988 hostage crisis in New Caledonia
The Ouvéa cave hostage taking occurred from 22 April 1988 to 5 May 1988 on the island of Ouvéa, New Caledonia, a south Pacific archipelago under control of France. During the stand-off and seizure of a brigade of gendarmerie, members of an independence movement, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front, killed four gendarmes and took 27 unarmed gendarmes hostages, later also taking hostage a public prosecuto…
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