1977 Dutch train hostage crisis
On May 23, 1977 a train hijacking took place close to Drentsche Aa river bridge at de Punt (in the village of Glimmen) on the provincial border between Groningen and Drenthe, northeastern Netherlands. Nine armed Moluccans pulled the emergency brake around 9 AM and took about 50 people hostage. The hijacking lasted for 482 hours (20 days); two hostages and six hijackers were killed. At the same time four other South-Moluccans took hostages at an elementary school in the village of Bovensmilde, also in Drenthe.
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1977 Dutch train hostage crisis
On May 23, 1977 a train hijacking took place close to Drentsche Aa river bridge at de Punt (in the village of Glimmen) on the provincial border between Groningen and Drenthe, northeastern Netherlands. Nine armed Moluccans pulled the emergency brake around 9 AM and took about 50 people hostage. The hijacking lasted for 482 hours (20 days); two hostages and six hijackers were killed. At the same time four other South-Moluccans took hostages at an elementary school in the village of Bovensmilde, also in Drenthe.
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De treinkaping bij De Punt (me ...... or zeven jonge Zuid-Molukkers.
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On May 23, 1977 a train hijack ...... was perpetrated by Moluccans.
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Hijacker running past the hijacked train with a South-Moluccan flag
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A free South Moluccan Republic
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Moluccan youth
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De treinkaping bij De Punt (me ...... elden en zes kapers het leven.
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On May 23, 1977 a train hijack ...... Bovensmilde, also in Drenthe.
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1977 Dutch train hostage crisis
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Treinkaping bij De Punt
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