# hostages - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# Hostages
# Hostages
The hostage situation ended after the president posted about a documentary narrated by actor Joaquin Phoenix.
# hostages - Friday 31 May, 2019
# Hostage Situation
# Hostage Situation
Zurich police confirmed that three people – two women and a man – have died.
# hostages - Friday 10 May, 2019
# West Africa
# West Africa
One American, one Korean and two French hostages were freed in the operation.
# hostages - Sunday 22 July, 2018
# Gun Battle
# Gun Battle
The gunman eventually handcuffed himself and surrendered to police.
# hostages - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
# Florida
# Florida
The children aged one, six, 10 and 11 were found dead by officers overnight.
# hostages - Friday 23 March, 2018
# Trebes
# Trebes
The attacker had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
# hostages - Friday 2 March, 2018
# Nuneaton
# Nuneaton
David Clarke believed his ex-partner was on the premises.
# hostages - Saturday 21 October, 2017
# Family Planning
# Family Planning
“We’re Irish, haha,” the father said as way of explanation.
# hostages - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# Joshua Boyle
# Joshua Boyle
Boyle provided a written statement to The Associated Press saying his family has “unparalleled resilience and determination.”
# hostages - Thursday 24 August, 2017
# Charleston
# Charleston
“This is not an act of terrorism,” the mayor of Charleston said.
# hostages - Thursday 1 December, 2016
# Bank Robbery
# Bank Robbery
A SWAT team stormed the building after the gunman was distracted by two people making a run for it.
# hostages - Thursday 7 July, 2016
# Bangladesh
# Bangladesh
It is believed to have been carried out by Islamists.
# hostages - Tuesday 14 June, 2016
# Amarillo
# Amarillo
Earlier reports indicated that he had captured hostages.
# hostages - Saturday 16 January, 2016
# Burkina Faso
# Burkina Faso
Around 10 vehicles were on fire in the street where the four-star Splendid hotel is located in a busy, central area of Ouagadougou.
# hostages - Thursday 19 November, 2015
# Terrorism
# Terrorism
Photos of two bodies which appeared to be those of the men featured in the English-language magazine Dabiq.
# hostages - Saturday 24 January, 2015
# Ransom
# Ransom
It is not yet clear whether the video shows two kidnapped Japanese hostages.
# hostages - Friday 16 January, 2015
# Syria
# Syria
The women were kidnapped last July.
# hostages - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
# Sydney Siege
# Sydney Siege
An inquiry will also take place into action by police prior to the siege.
# hostages - Thursday 29 May, 2014
# Hostages
# Hostages
Authorities have revised down number of girls kidnapped. There are 219 girls still missing.
# hostages - Saturday 19 April, 2014
# Freed
# Freed
Didier Francois was one of four Frenchmen kidnapped in Syria ten months ago.
# hostages - Monday 3 February, 2014
# Russia
# Russia
The gunman shot and killed a police officer and teacher before taking the students hostage.
# hostages - Wednesday 30 October, 2013
# Kidnapping
# Kidnapping
The four men were kidnapped in 2010 by the North African wing of al-Qaida.
# hostages - Monday 23 September, 2013
# hostages - Saturday 24 August, 2013
# Hostage Situation
# Hostage Situation
The man who took hostages in a Swedish bank in August 1973 tells his story – and how those he had taken prisoner “more or less sided with me”.
# hostages - Monday 21 January, 2013
# Hostages
# Hostages
The Algerian PM said some of the hostages had been executed “with a bullet to the head” as the four-day crisis ended in a bloodbath.
# Algeria
# Algeria
Survivors of the four-day crisis say they were strapped to explosives while some describe finding bodies riddled with bullets, their heads half blown away by the impact.
# hostages - Saturday 19 January, 2013
# Algeria
# Algeria
Algerian security forces are now thought to be sweeping the gas plant to remove landmines planted around it.
# Algeria
# Algeria
It is believed that there are still around 10 hostages, but more workers remain unaccounted for, including 10 Japanese and eight Norwegians.
# hostages - Friday 18 January, 2013
# hostages - Thursday 17 January, 2013
# Irish Hostage
# Irish Hostage
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed the news that Stephen McFaul has been freed – but confusion remains over the fate of the other hostages.
# hostages - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
# France
# France
Three people are still being held hostage by the gunman at a bank branch in Toulouse.
# hostages - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
# hostages - Thursday 1 March, 2012
# Greece
# Greece
Two other men who were injured by the gunman have been taken to hospital.
# hostages - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
# Somali Pirates
# Somali Pirates
The Danish warship had been following the hijacked vessel for several days before attempting to board it.
# hostages - Monday 14 November, 2011
# Yemen
# Yemen
The three French workers had been held hostage by al-Qaeda militants for six months. Meanwhile, demonstrations continue (pictured) against the country’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
# hostages - Monday 3 October, 2011
# Iraq
# Iraq
Local officials say all of the gunmen involved in the siege were killed after security forces stormed the building.
# hostages - Friday 15 April, 2011
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# hostages - Tuesday 29 March, 2011
# Iraq
# Iraq
Men armed with guns and explosives attacked government headquarters and may have taken three council members hostage.
# hostages - Tuesday 1 March, 2011
# Pirates
# Pirates
The incident happened last week but the Danish government has only announced it now as they attempt to rescue the captured family and their crew.
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