Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Movement members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C.

Quand

9 mars 1977

Type

Événement

Coordonnées

38.90° N, 77.03° W

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, 1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking.

Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Movement members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking 149 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later).

1977 siege

The 1977 Hanafi Siege was a terrorist attack, hostage-taking, and standoff in Washington, D.C., lasting from March 9 to March 11, 1977. Three buildings were seized by twelve Hanafi Movement gunmen, who took 149 hostages. During the initial attack and takeover of the buildings, the assailants killed a journalist and mortally wounded a police officer; three others, including a city councilor, were injured.

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