What the records say
- When
- 31 May 2000
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 49.72° N, 6.50° E
Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Wasserbillig.
Summary
In Wasserbillig, a Tunisian gunman takes 45 children and 7 adults hostage at a crèche. The following day, the gunman is shot and critically wounded by police. There are no other casualties.
Wasserbillig crèche hostage crisis
2000 hostage crisis in Luxembourg
The Wasserbillig crèche hostage crisis occurred on 31 May 2000, when Neji Bejaouti, armed with a pistol and hand grenades, entered the Spatzennascht crèche in Wasserbillig, Luxembourg, and kidnapped 43 children aged one to ten and five educators.
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