List of hostage crises

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This is a list of notable hostage crises by date.

Incident Location(s) Start Duration
2020 Greenhills hostage crisis San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines 2 March 2020 9 hours
2019 Cebu hostage-taking incident Cebu City, Philippines 7 June 2019 1 hour
2018 hostage-taking incident outside Polytechnic University of the Philippines Metro Manila, Philippines 17 December 2018 2 hours
Escape of Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (II) UAE, India 2018 March Unknown
Battle of Marawi Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines 23 May 2017 5 months
2017 Hanoi hostage crisis Hanoi, Vietnam 15 April 2017 10 days
SM City Dasmariñas hostage crisis Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines 9 October 2016 4 hours
2016 Yerevan hostage crisis Yerevan, Armenia 17 July 2016 15 days
1–2 July 2016 Dhaka attack Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1 July 2016 11 hours, 10 minutes
Orlando nightclub shooting Orlando, Florida, United States 12 June 2016 3 hours, 12 minutes
Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis Kunduz province, Afghanistan 31 May 2016 Unclear end date
November 2015 Bamako hotel attack Bamako, Mali 20 November 2015 9 hours
November 2015 Paris attacks Paris, France 13 November 2015 2 hours, 20 minutes
Taft Avenue hostage taking Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines 8 October 2015 30 minutes
Samal Island hostage crisis Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines 22 September 2015 13 months
2015 Camarines Sur hostage taking Camarines Sur, Philippines 29 May 2015 4 hours
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 North Luzon Expressway hostage taking North Luzon Expressway, Philippines 20 October 2014 2 hours
2014 San Juan hostage taking San Juan City, Philippines 24 June 2014 13 hours
2014 Moscow school shooting Moscow, Russia 3 February 2014 Approximately 2 hours
2013 Camarines Sur hostage taking Camarines Sur, Philippines 31 December 2013 10 hour
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 Bacoor hostage taking Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines 13 October 2011 3 hours
2011 Hectorville siege Hectorville, South Australia, Australia 29 April 2011 8 hours
2011 Agusan del Sur hostage taking Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Philippines 3 April 2011 4 days
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
December 2009 Agusan del Sur hostage taking San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, Philippines 10 December 2009 4 days
October 2009 Lahore attacks Lahore, Pakistan 15 October 2009 1 hour 30 mins
2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack Rawalpindi, 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 Islamabad, Pakistan 3 July 2007 9 days
Johnson Space Center shooting Houston, Texas, United States 20 April 2007 About 3 hours
2007 Manila City Hall hostage crisis Manila, Philippines 28 March 2007 10 hours
2007 Taguig City Hall of Justice hostage taking Taguig City, Philippines 14 March 2007 About 24 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
2005 Camp Bagong Diwa siege Taguig City, Philippines 14 March 2005 About 24 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 Gandhinagar, India 24 September 2002 2 days
Pasay Bus Terminal Hostage Crisis Pasay, Philippines 31 May 2002 2 hours
Dos Palmas kidnappings Palawan, Philippines 27 May 2001 Varied periods
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 kidnappings Sipadan, Malaysia, Jolo, Philippines 23 April 2000 Varied periods
Standoff of Joseph C. Palczynski Dundalk, Maryland 17 March 2000 4 days
Indian Airlines Flight 814 Kathmandu, Nepal, Amritsar, India, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Kandahar, Afghanistan 24 December 1999 8 days
1998 Cúa hostage crisis Cúa, Venezuela 5 April 1998 7 hours
Japanese embassy hostage crisis Lima, Peru 17 December 1996 126 days
Terrazas del Ávila hostage crisis Caracas, Venezuela 15 April 1996 20 hours
1996 Honolulu hostage crisis Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 6 February 1996 7 hours
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
San Román 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 Larvik and Sandefjord, Norway 28 August 1994 2 days
Gresham cat hostage taking incident Gresham, Oregon, United States 21 August 1994 Unknown
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 12 Hours
Henry's Pub Hostage Incident Berkeley, California, United States 28 September 1990 7 hours
1990 Hotel Delfino siege Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines 4 March 1990 Unknown
1989 Davao hostage crisis Davao City, Philippines 13 August 1989 3 days
Camp Cawa-Cawa siege Zamboanga City, Philippines 5 January 1989 12 Hours
Loveland River House Incident Loveland, Colorado, United States 3 January 1989 2 hours
Gladbeck hostage crisis Gladbeck, West Germany / / Cologne, West Germany 16 August 1988 3 days
Ouvéa cave hostage taking Ouvéa, New Caledonia 22 April 1988 14 days
Kuwait Airways Flight 422 Mashhad, Iran, Larnaca, Cyprus, Algiers, Algeria 5 April 1988 15 days
Pudu Prison siege Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 October 1986 6 days
Pan Am Flight 73 Karachi, Pakistan 5 September 1986 1 day
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 periods
Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 Bangkok, Thailand 28 March 1981 3 days
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
Cyprus Airways hijacking Larnaca, Cyprus 19 February 1978 1 day
Surrender and Death of Leonardo delos Reyes Manila, Philippines 10 December 1977 1 minute
Lufthansa Flight 181 (Landshut hijacking) Rome, Italy, Larnaca, Cyprus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Aden, South Yemen, 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, United States 9 March 1977 39 hours
Warren Balane Hostage Taking Manila, Philippines 24 January 1977 30 hours
1976 Croatian plane hijack En route from New York to Chicago, United States 10 September 1976 2 days
Air France Flight 139 (Entebbe hijacking) Benghazi, Libya, Entebbe, 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
Philippine Airlines Flight 111 hijack Manila, Philippines 6 October 1975 1 hour
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 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bank robbery Kenora, Ontario, Canada 10 May 1973 Unknown
1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations Khartoum, Sudan 1 March 1973 2½ days
Balassagyarmati_túszdráma Balassagyarmat, Hungary 7 January 1973 6 days
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 Zagreb, Yugoslavia 29 October 1972 15 hours
Munich massacre Munich, West 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
Dawson's Field hijackings Zarka, Jordan 6 September 1970 8 days
October Crisis Quebec, Canada 5 October 1970 60 days
Operation Dragon Rouge Stanleyville, Congo-Léopoldville 24 November 1964 Varied period; 20–30 days
Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 hijacking Stanley, Falkland Islands 28 September 1966 2 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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