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Japanese embassy hostage crisis
The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business executives who were attending a party at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Peru, Morihisa Aoki, in celebration of Emperor Akihito's 63rd birthday. Although strictly speaking the crisis took place at the ambassadorial residence in the upscale district of San Isidro rather than at the embassy proper
brother Radu were held as hostages by the Ottoman Sultan during their childhood to guarantee the co-operation of their father
Notable hostages Recent times.
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- Iranian embassy siege
- Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis
- Dawson's Field hijackings
- Japanese embassy hostage crisis
- "Chavín de Huántar"
- Beslan school hostage crisis
- Terry A. Anderson
- Jill Carroll
- Ingrid Betancourt
- Terry Waite
- Manila hostage crisis
- Killing of captives by ISIL
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