What the records say
- When
- 28 Sep 1975 – 3 Oct 1975
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.50° N, 0.16° W
- Description
- The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken as hostages by armed robbers, takes place in London.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Spaghetti House siege.
Spaghetti House siege
1975 hostage situation in London, England
The Spaghetti House siege took place between 28 September and 3 October 1975. An attempted robbery of the Spaghetti House restaurant in Knightsbridge, London, went wrong and the police were quickly on the scene. The three robbers took the staff down into a storeroom and barricaded themselves in. They released all the hostages unharmed after six days.
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