1975 AIA building hostage crisis

When

4 Aug 1975

Kind

Event

Coordinates

3.16° N, 101.74° E

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An Australian woman and her three children are taken hostage by the Japanese Red Army in the 1975 AIA building hostage crisis in Kuala Lumpur, along with 46 others including the woman's American husband.

Japanese Red Army terror attack in Malaysia

The AIA Building hostage crisis took place at the AIA Building in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 5 August 1975. The Japanese Red Army took more than 50 hostages at the AIA building, which housed several embassies. The hostages included the United States consul and the Swedish chargé d'affaires. The gunmen won the release of five imprisoned terrorists and flew with them to Libya.

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