Event

1977 Dutch school hostage crisis

23 May 1977 · 52.98° N, 6.48° E

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When
23 May 1977
Kind
Event
Coordinates
52.98° N, 6.48° E

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Summary

Moluccan terrorists take over a school in Bovensmilde, northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde–Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. The children are released on May 26. On June 11, Dutch Royal Marines storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed.

1977 Dutch school hostage crisis

South Moluccan independence attack

On the morning of Monday 23 May 1977, four armed South-Moluccans took 105 children and their five teachers hostage at a primary school in Bovensmilde, Netherlands. At the same time nine others hijacked a train in the nearby De Punt. Both hostage crises lasted for twenty days before they were neutralized by military interventions.

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