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2017 Hanoi hostage crisis

15 Apr 2017 · 16.00° N, 108.00° E

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When
15 Apr 2017
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
16.00° N, 108.00° E
Description
Kidnapping of 38 Vietnamese police officers

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2017 Hanoi hostage crisis

Kidnapping of 38 Vietnamese police officers

Thirty-eight Vietnamese police officers were taken hostage by villagers in Đồng Tâm commune, Mỹ Đức district, Hanoi on April 15, 2017, after police arrested four villagers without a warrant in a land dispute. The hostages included district People's Committee deputy chief Đặng Văn Triều, Deputy Chief of Public Security Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, district party committee propaganda chief Đặng Văn Cảnh, and two journalists.

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