What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1988 – 5 May 1988
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 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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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Ouvéa cave hostage taking takes place in Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise d’otages d’Ouvéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie), lors duquel 24 gendarmes sont pris en otages par des Kanaks et 4 autres assassinés à la hache et au fusil de chasse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page