West German Embassy siege in Stockholm

When

24 Apr 1975

Kind

Event

Coordinates

59.33° N, 18.11° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, West German Embassy siege in Stockholm.

West German Embassy siege in Stockholm: Six Red Army Faction terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm, take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police.

Hostage standoff initiated by the German Red Army Faction (RAF)

The West German Embassy siege in Stockholm, Sweden, was a hostage standoff initiated by the Red Army Faction (RAF) on 24 April 1975. Collectively, the attackers referred to themselves as Kommando Holger Meins, after Holger Meins, an RAF member who had died of starvation during a (collective) hunger strike in Wittlich Prison on 9 November 1974.

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