List of hostage crises
This is a list of notable hostage crises by date.
Incident | Location(s) | Start | Duration |
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2020 Greenhills hostage crisis | ![]() |
2 March 2020 | 9 hours |
2019 Cebu hostage-taking incident | ![]() |
7 June 2019 | 1 hour |
2018 hostage-taking incident outside Polytechnic University of the Philippines | ![]() |
17 December 2018 | 2 hours |
Escape of Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (II) | ![]() ![]() |
2018 March | Unknown |
Battle of Marawi | ![]() |
23 May 2017 | 5 months |
2017 Hanoi hostage crisis | ![]() |
15 April 2017 | 10 days |
SM City Dasmariñas hostage crisis | ![]() |
9 October 2016 | 4 hours |
2016 Yerevan hostage crisis | ![]() |
17 July 2016 | 15 days |
1–2 July 2016 Dhaka attack | ![]() |
1 July 2016 | 11 hours, 10 minutes |
Orlando nightclub shooting | ![]() |
12 June 2016 | 3 hours, 12 minutes |
Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis | ![]() |
31 May 2016 | Unclear end date |
November 2015 Bamako hotel attack | ![]() |
20 November 2015 | 9 hours |
November 2015 Paris attacks | ![]() |
13 November 2015 | 2 hours, 20 minutes |
Taft Avenue hostage taking | ![]() |
8 October 2015 | 30 minutes |
Samal Island hostage crisis | ![]() |
22 September 2015 | 13 months |
2015 Camarines Sur hostage taking | ![]() |
29 May 2015 | 4 hours |
Porte de Vincennes siege | ![]() |
9 January 2015 | 4 hours 30 minutes |
2014 Peshawar school massacre | ![]() |
15 December 2014 | 7 hours |
Lindt cafe siege | ![]() |
15 December 2014 | Approximately 17 hours |
2014 North Luzon Expressway hostage taking | ![]() |
20 October 2014 | 2 hours |
2014 San Juan hostage taking | ![]() |
24 June 2014 | 13 hours |
2014 Moscow school shooting | ![]() |
3 February 2014 | Approximately 2 hours |
2013 Camarines Sur hostage taking | ![]() |
31 December 2013 | 10 hour |
Westgate shopping mall attack | ![]() |
21 September 2013 | 3 days |
Zamboanga City crisis | ![]() |
9 September 2013 | 19 days |
August, 2013 Islamabad Hostage Drama | ![]() |
15 August 2013 | 6 hours |
2013 Hialeah shooting | ![]() |
26 July 2013 | Approximately 3 hours |
2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis | ![]() |
29 January 2013 | 6 days |
In Amenas hostage crisis | ![]() |
16 January 2013 | 3 days |
2012 Bain murder-kidnappings | ![]() |
27 April 2012 | 13 days |
2011 Bacoor hostage taking | ![]() |
13 October 2011 | 3 hours |
2011 Hectorville siege | ![]() |
29 April 2011 | 8 hours |
2011 Agusan del Sur hostage taking | ![]() |
3 April 2011 | 4 days |
2010 Panama City school board shootings | ![]() |
14 December 2010 | Unknown |
October 2010 Baghdad church attack | ![]() |
31 October 2010 | About 4 hours |
2010 Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis | ![]() |
1 September 2010 | About 5 hours |
2010 Manila hostage crisis | ![]() |
23 August 2010 | 10 hours 30 mins |
May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore | ![]() |
28 May 2010 | Some hours |
December 2009 Agusan del Sur hostage taking | ![]() |
10 December 2009 | 4 days |
October 2009 Lahore attacks | ![]() |
15 October 2009 | 1 hour 30 mins |
2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack | ![]() |
10 October 2009 | 1 day |
2009 Binghamton shootings | ![]() |
3 April 2009 | 1 day |
2009 Lahore police academy attacks | ![]() |
30 March 2009 | Some hours |
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Mutiny | ![]() |
25 February 2009 | 2 days |
November 2008 Mumbai attacks | ![]() |
26 November 2008 | 3 days |
Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis | ![]() |
13 October 2008 | 4 days |
South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan | ![]() |
19 July 2007 | 42 days |
Siege of Lal Masjid | ![]() |
3 July 2007 | 9 days |
Johnson Space Center shooting | ![]() |
20 April 2007 | About 3 hours |
2007 Manila City Hall hostage crisis | ![]() |
28 March 2007 | 10 hours |
2007 Taguig City Hall of Justice hostage taking | ![]() |
14 March 2007 | About 24 hours |
West Nickel Mines School shooting | ![]() |
2 October 2006 | Some hours |
Platte Canyon High School shooting | ![]() |
27 September 2006 | About 4 hours |
Seattle Jewish Federation shooting | ![]() |
28 July 2006 | Approximately 15 minutes |
Chrobog family kidnapping | ![]() |
28 December 2005 | 3 days |
October 2005 Nalchik attack | ![]() |
13 October 2005 | Some hours |
Ennepetal hostage taking | ![]() |
12 April 2005 | About 6 hours |
2005 Camp Bagong Diwa siege | ![]() |
14 March 2005 | About 24 hours |
Beslan school hostage crisis | ![]() |
1 September 2004 | 3 days |
2004 Khobar massacre | ![]() |
29 May 2004 | 25 hours |
Sahara hostage crisis 2003 | ![]() |
22 January 2003 | 208 days |
Moscow theater hostage crisis | ![]() |
23 October 2002 | 2½ days |
Akshardham Temple attack | ![]() |
24 September 2002 | 2 days |
Pasay Bus Terminal Hostage Crisis | ![]() |
31 May 2002 | 2 hours |
Dos Palmas kidnappings | ![]() |
27 May 2001 | Varied periods |
Operation Barras | ![]() |
10 October 2000 | 17 days |
Bus 174 | ![]() |
12 June 2000 | Some hours |
Operations 304 | ![]() |
5 June 2000 | 3 days |
Fiji coup of 2000 | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | 56 days |
2000 Sipadan kidnappings | ![]() ![]() |
23 April 2000 | Varied periods |
Standoff of Joseph C. Palczynski | ![]() |
17 March 2000 | 4 days |
Indian Airlines Flight 814 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
24 December 1999 | 8 days |
1998 Cúa hostage crisis | ![]() |
5 April 1998 | 7 hours |
Japanese embassy hostage crisis | ![]() |
17 December 1996 | 126 days |
Terrazas del Ávila hostage crisis | ![]() |
15 April 1996 | 20 hours |
1996 Honolulu hostage crisis | ![]() |
6 February 1996 | 7 hours |
Black Sea hostage crisis | ![]() ![]() |
16 January 1996 | 4 days |
Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis | ![]() |
9 January 1996 | 9 days |
San Román Tragedy | ![]() |
23 June 1995 | 6 hours |
1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir | ![]() |
4 July 1995 | Unknown |
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis | ![]() |
14 June 1995 | 5 days |
Air France Flight 8969 | ![]() ![]() |
24 December 1994 | 3 days |
1994 kidnappings of Western tourists in India | ![]() |
20 October 1994 | 12 days |
Torp hostage crisis | ![]() |
28 August 1994 | 2 days |
Gresham cat hostage taking incident | ![]() |
21 August 1994 | Unknown |
Salt Lake City Public Library hostage incident | ![]() |
7 March 1994 | 6 hours |
1993 Jolimont Centre siege | ![]() |
29 November 1993 | 2 hours |
1993 Cangai siege | ![]() |
30 March 1993 | 26 hours |
Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis | ![]() |
26 April 1993 | 4 days |
East Carter High School shooting | ![]() |
18 January 1993 | 16 minutes |
Lindhurst High School shooting | ![]() |
1 May 1992 | 8 hours |
Alta View Hospital hostage incident | ![]() |
20 September 1991 | 18 hours |
1991 Sacramento hostage crisis | ![]() |
4 April 1991 | About 8 hours |
Singapore Airlines Flight 117 | ![]() |
26 March 1991 | 12 Hours |
Henry's Pub Hostage Incident | ![]() |
28 September 1990 | 7 hours |
1990 Hotel Delfino siege | ![]() |
4 March 1990 | Unknown |
1989 Davao hostage crisis | ![]() |
13 August 1989 | 3 days |
Camp Cawa-Cawa siege | ![]() |
5 January 1989 | 12 Hours |
Loveland River House Incident | ![]() |
3 January 1989 | 2 hours |
Gladbeck hostage crisis | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
16 August 1988 | 3 days |
Ouvéa cave hostage taking | ![]() |
22 April 1988 | 14 days |
Kuwait Airways Flight 422 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5 April 1988 | 15 days |
Pudu Prison siege | ![]() |
17 October 1986 | 6 days |
Pan Am Flight 73 | ![]() |
5 September 1986 | 1 day |
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis | ![]() |
16 May 1986 | 2½ hours |
EgyptAir Flight 648 | ![]() |
23 November 1985 | 2 days |
Palace of Justice siege | ![]() |
6 November 1985 | 2 days |
Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking | ![]() |
7 October 1985 | 2 days |
TWA Flight 847 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14 June 1985 | 16 days |
Kav 300 affair | ![]() |
12 April 1984 | 2 days |
Libyan Embassy Siege | ![]() |
17 April 1984 | 11 days |
Libyan Hostage Situation 1984 | ![]() |
17 April 1984 | 9 months |
1984 Sydney bank robbery | ![]() |
31 January 1984 | 6 hours |
Lebanon hostage crisis | ![]() |
19 July 1982 | Varied periods |
Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 | ![]() |
28 March 1981 | 3 days |
Iranian Embassy Siege | ![]() |
30 April 1980 | 6 days |
Dominican embassy siege | ![]() |
27 February 1980 | 61 days |
Grand Mosque Seizure | ![]() |
2 November 1979 | 14 days |
Iran hostage crisis | ![]() |
4 November 1979 | 444 days |
Mitsubishi Bank Hostage incident | ![]() |
26 January 1979 | 2 days |
1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis | ![]() |
13 March 1978 | 1 day |
Cyprus Airways hijacking | ![]() |
19 February 1978 | 1 day |
Surrender and Death of Leonardo delos Reyes | ![]() |
10 December 1977 | 1 minute |
Lufthansa Flight 181 (Landshut hijacking) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
13 October 1977 | 5 days |
Japan Airlines Flight 472 hijacking | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
28 September 1977 | 5 days |
Train hostage Netherlands 1977 | ![]() |
23 May 1977 | 20 days |
1977 Dutch school hostage crisis | ![]() |
23 May 1977 | 20 days |
1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege | ![]() |
9 March 1977 | 39 hours |
Warren Balane Hostage Taking | ![]() |
24 January 1977 | 30 hours |
1976 Croatian plane hijack | ![]() |
10 September 1976 | 2 days |
Air France Flight 139 (Entebbe hijacking) | ![]() ![]() |
27 June 1976 | 8 days |
Balcombe Street Siege | ![]() |
6 December 1975 | 5 days |
Raid on the OPEC headquarters | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21 December 1975 | 3 days |
Occupation of the Indonesian consulate | ![]() |
4 December 1975 | 15 days |
Train hijack | ![]() |
2 December 1975 | 12 days |
Philippine Airlines Flight 111 hijack | ![]() |
6 October 1975 | 1 hour |
Spaghetti House siege | ![]() |
28 September 1975 | 6 days |
1975 AIA building hostage crisis | ![]() |
5 August 1975 | 5 days |
West German embassy siege | ![]() |
24 April 1975 | 12 hours |
1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague | ![]() |
13 September 1974 | 4 days |
Ma'alot massacre | ![]() |
15 May 1974 | 2 days |
Laju incident | ![]() |
31 January 1974 | 8 days |
Norrmalmstorg robbery | ![]() |
23 August 1973 | 5 days |
1973 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bank robbery | ![]() |
10 May 1973 | Unknown |
1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations | ![]() |
1 March 1973 | 2½ days |
Balassagyarmati_túszdráma | ![]() |
7 January 1973 | 6 days |
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 | ![]() |
29 October 1972 | 15 hours |
Munich massacre | ![]() |
5 September 1972 | 21 hours |
Hijacking of Sabena Flight 572 | ![]() |
8 May 1972 | 1 day |
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649 | ![]() |
22 February 1972 | 2 days |
Asama-Sansō incident | ![]() |
19 February 1972 | 9 days |
Northwest Orient Flight 305 (D.B. Cooper) | ![]() |
24 November 1971 | 4 hours |
Dawson's Field hijackings | ![]() |
6 September 1970 | 8 days |
October Crisis | ![]() |
5 October 1970 | 60 days |
Operation Dragon Rouge | ![]() |
24 November 1964 | Varied period; 20–30 days |
Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 hijacking | ![]() |
28 September 1966 | 2 days |
Siege of Sidney Street | ![]() |
2 January 1911 | 2 days |
Battle of Ballingarry | ![]() |
29 July 1848 | 1 day |
Froberg mutiny | ![]() |
4 April 1807 | 6 days |
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