List of hostage crises

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This is a list of notable hostage crises by date.

Incident	Place	Start	Duration
November 2015 Bamako hotel attack	Bamako, Mali	20 November 2015	9 hours
November 2015 Paris attacks	11th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, France	13 November 2015	2 hours, 20 minutes
Porte de Vincennes siege	Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France	9 January 2015	4 hours 30 minutes
2014 Peshawar school massacre	Army Public School Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan	15 December 2014	7 hours
2014 Sydney hostage crisis	Martin Place, Sydney, Australia	15 December 2014	Approximately 17 hours
2014 Moscow school shooting	Moscow, Russia	3 February 2014	Approximately 2 hours
Westgate shopping mall attack	Nairobi, Kenya	21 September 2013	3 days
Zamboanga City crisis	Zamboanga City, Philippines	9 September 2013	19 days
August, 2013 Islamabad Hostage Drama	Islamabad, Pakistan	15 August 2013	6 hours
2013 Hialeah shooting	Hialeah, Florida	26 July 2013	Approximately 3 hours
2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis	Midland City, Alabama	29 January 2013	6 days
In Amenas hostage crisis	In Amenas, Algeria	16 January 2013	3 days
2012 Bain murder-kidnappings	Whiteville, Tennessee / Alpine, Mississippi, United States	27 April 2012	13 days
2011 Hectorville siege	Hectorville, South Australia, Australia	29 April 2011	8 hours
2010 Panama City school board shootings	Panama City, Florida, United States	14 December 2010	Unknown
October 2010 Baghdad church attack	Baghdad, Iraq	31 October 2010	About 4 hours
2010 Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis	Silver Spring, Maryland, United States	1 September 2010	About 5 hours
2010 Manila hostage crisis	Manila, Philippines	23 August 2010	10 hours 30 mins
May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore	Lahore, Pakistan	28 May 2010	Some hours
October 2009 Lahore attacks	Lahore, Pakistan	15 October 2009	1 hour 30 mins
2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack	Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan	10 October 2009	1 day
2009 Binghamton shootings	Binghamton, New York, United States	3 April 2009	1 day
2009 Lahore police academy attacks	Lahore, Pakistan	30 March 2009	Some hours
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Mutiny	Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh	25 February 2009	2 days
November 2008 Mumbai attacks	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	26 November 2008	3 days
Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis	Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil	13 October 2008	4 days
South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan	En route from Kandahar to Kabul, Afghanistan	19 July 2007	42 days
Siege of Lal Masjid	Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan	3 July 2007	9 days
Johnson Space Center shooting	Houston, Texas, United States	20 April 2007	About 3 hours
West Nickel Mines School shooting	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States	2 October 2006	Some hours
Platte Canyon High School shooting	Bailey, Colorado, United States	27 September 2006	About 4 hours
Seattle Jewish Federation shooting	Seattle, Washington, United States	28 July 2006	Approximately 15 minutes
Chrobog family kidnapping	Yemen	28 December 2005	3 days
October 2005 Nalchik attack	Nalchik, Russia	13 October 2005	Some hours
Ennepetal hostage taking	Ennepetal, Germany	12 April 2005	About 6 hours
Beslan school hostage crisis	Beslan, Russia	1 September 2004	3 days
2004 Khobar massacre	Khobar, Saudi Arabia	29 May 2004	25 hours
Sahara hostage crisis 2003	Algeria	22 January 2003	208 days
Moscow theater hostage crisis	Moscow, Russia	23 October 2002	2½ days
Akshardham Temple attack	Gujarat, India	24 September 2002	2 days
Dos Palmas kidnappings	Palawan, Philippines	27 May 2001	Varied period
Operation Barras	Sierra Leone	10 October 2000	17 days
Bus 174	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 June 2000	Some hours
Operations 304	Perak, Malaysia	5 June 2000	3 days
Fiji coup of 2000	Suva, Fiji	19 May 2000	56 days
2000 Sipadan Kidnapping Crisis	Jolo, Philippines	23 April 2000	Varied period
Standoff of Joseph C. Palczynski	Dundalk, Maryland	17 March 2000	4 days
Indian Airlines Flight 814	Kathmandu, Nepal / India / Dubai, UAE / Kandahar, Afghanistan	24 December 1999	8 days
Japanese embassy hostage crisis	Lima, Peru	17 December 1996	126 days
Black Sea hostage crisis	Trabzon, Turkey / Sochi, Russia	16 January 1996	4 days
Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis	Kizlyar and Pervomayskoye, Russia	9 January 1996	9 days
1995 Urologico San Roman Tragedy	Caracas, Venezuela	23 June 1995	6 Hours
1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir	Pahalgam, India	4 July 1995	Unknown
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	Budyonnovsk, Russia	14 June 1995	5 days
Air France Flight 8969	Algiers, Algeria / Marseilles, France	24 December 1994	3 days
1994 kidnappings of Western tourists in India	New Delhi, India	20 October 1994	12 days
Torp hostage crisis	Sandefjord, Norway	28 August 1994	2 days
Salt Lake City Public Library hostage incident	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	7 March 1994	6 hours
1993 Jolimont Centre siege	Canberra, Australia	29 November 1993	2 hours
1993 Cangai siege	Cangai, New South Wales, Australia	30 March 1993	26 hours
Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis	San José, Costa Rica	26 April 1993	4 days
East Carter High School shooting	Grayson, Kentucky, United States	18 January 1993	16 minutes
Lindhurst High School shooting	Olivehurst, California, United States	1 May 1992	8 hours
Alta View Hospital hostage incident	Sandy, Utah, United States	20 September 1991	18 hours
1991 Sacramento hostage crisis	Sacramento, California, United States	4 April 1991	About 8 hours
Singapore Airlines Flight 117	Singapore	26 March 1991	1/2 day
Henry's Pub Hostage Incident	Berkeley, California, United States	28 September 1990	7 hours
1989 Davao hostage crisis	Davao City, Philippines	13 August 1989	3 days
Loveland River House Incident	Loveland, Colorado, United States	3 January 1989	2 hours
Gladbeck hostage crisis	Gladbeck, Germany / / Cologne, Germany	16 August 1988	3 days
Ouvéa cave hostage taking	Ouvéa, France	22 April 1988	14 days
Pudu Prison siege	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 October 1986	6 days
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis	Cokeville, Wyoming, United States	16 May 1986	2½ hours
EgyptAir Flight 648	Luqa, Malta	23 November 1985	2 days
Palace of Justice siege	Bogotá, Colombia	6 November 1985	2 days
Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking	Alexandria, Egypt / Port Said, Egypt	7 October 1985	2 days
TWA Flight 847	Athens, Greece / Rome, Italy / Beirut, Lebanon / Algiers, Algeria	14 June 1985	16 days
Kav 300 affair	Tel-Aviv, Israel / Ashqelon, Israel	12 April 1984	2 days
Libyan Embassy Siege	London, United Kingdom	17 April 1984	11 days
Libyan Hostage Situation 1984	Tripoli, Libya	17 April 1984	9 months
1984 Sydney bank robbery	Sydney, Australia	31 January 1984	6 hours
Lebanon hostage crisis	Beirut, Lebanon	19 July 1982	varied period
Iranian Embassy Siege	London, United Kingdom	30 April 1980	6 days
Dominican embassy siege	Bogotá, Colombia	27 February 1980	61 days
Grand Mosque Seizure	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	2 November 1979	14 days
Iran hostage crisis	Tehran, Iran	4 November 1979	444 days
Mitsubishi Bank Hostage incident	Osaka, Japan	26 January 1979	2 days
1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis	Assen, Netherlands	13 March 1978	1 day
Lufthansa Flight 181 (Landshut hijacking)	Mogadishu, Somalia	13 October 1977	5 days
Japan Airlines Flight 472 hijacking	Mumbai, India / Dhaka, Bangladesh / Tokyo, Japan	28 September 1977	5 days
Train hostage Netherlands 1977	De Punt, Netherlands	23 May 1977	20 days
1977 Dutch school hostage crisis	Bovensmilde, Netherlands	23 May 1977	20 days
1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege	Washington DC, USA	9 March 1977	39 hours
Entebbe Airport hostage crisis	Entebbe Airport, Uganda	27 June 1976	8 days
Balcombe Street Siege	London, United Kingdom	6 December 1975	5 days
Raid on the OPEC headquarters	Vienna, Austria / Algiers, Algeria / Tripoli, Libya	21 December 1975	3 days
Occupation of the Indonesian consulate	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4 December 1975	15 days
Train hijack	Wijster, Netherlands	2 December 1975	12 days
Spaghetti House siege	London, United Kingdom	28 September 1975	6 days
1975 AIA building hostage crisis	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5 August 1975	5 days
West German embassy siege	Stockholm, Sweden	24 April 1975	12 hours
1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague	The Hague, Netherlands	13 September 1974	4 days
Ma'alot massacre	Ma'alot, Israel	15 May 1974	2 days
Laju incident	Singapore	31 January 1974	8 days
Norrmalmstorg robbery	Stockholm, Sweden	23 August 1973	5 days
1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations	Khartoum, Sudan	1 March 1973	2½ days
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	29 October 1972	15 hours
Munich massacre	Munich, Germany	5 September 1972	21 hours
Hijacking of Sabena Flight 572	Lod, Israel	8 May 1972	1 day
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649	Aden, South Yemen	22 February 1972	2 days
Asama-Sansō incident	Karuizawa, Japan	19 February 1972	9 days
Northwest Orient Flight 305 (D.B. Cooper)	Washington / Oregon, United States	24 November 1971	4 hours
October Crisis	Quebec, Canada	5 October 1970	60 days
Operation Dragon Rouge	Stanleyville, Democratic Republic of the Congo	24 November 1964	Varied period; 20–30 days
Siege of Sidney Street	London, United Kingdom	2 January 1911	2 days
Battle of Ballingarry	Ballingarry, Ireland, United Kingdom	29 July 1848	1 day
Froberg mutiny	Fort Ricasoli, Malta	4 April 1807	6 days

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