List of hostage crises


This is a list of notable hostage crises by date.
IncidentLocationStartDuration
2020 Greenhills hostage crisis San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines2 03 20209 hours
2019 Cebu hostage-taking incident Cebu City, Philippines7 06 20191 hour
2018 hostage-taking incident outside Polytechnic University of the Philippines Metro Manila, Philippines17 12 20182 hours
Escape of Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum UAE, India2018 MarchUnknown
Battle of Marawi Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines23 05 20175 months
2017 Hanoi hostage crisis Hanoi, Vietnam15 04 201710 days
SM City Dasmariñas hostage crisis Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines09 10 20164 hours
2016 Yerevan hostage crisis Yerevan, Armenia17 07 201615 days
1–2 July 2016 Dhaka attack Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh01 07 201611 hours, 10 minutes
Orlando nightclub shooting Orlando, Florida, United States12 06 20163 hours, 12 minutes
Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis Kunduz province, Afghanistan31 05 2016Unclear end date
November 2015 Bamako hotel attack Bamako, Mali20 11 20159 hours
November 2015 Paris attacks Paris, France13 11 20152 hours, 20 minutes
Taft Avenue hostage taking Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines08 10 201530 minutes
Samal Island hostage crisis Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines22 9 201513 months
2015 Camarines Sur hostage taking Camarines Sur, Philippines29 5 20154 hours
Porte de Vincennes siege Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France09 01 20154 hours 30 minutes
2014 Peshawar school massacre Army Public School Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan15 12 20147 hours
Lindt cafe siege Martin Place, Sydney, Australia15 12 2014Approximately 17 hours
2014 North Luzon Expressway hostage taking North Luzon Expressway, Philippines20 10 20142 hours
2014 San Juan hostage taking San Juan City, Philippines24 06 201413 hours
2014 Moscow school shooting Moscow, Russia03 02 2014Approximately 2 hours
2013 Camarines Sur hostage taking Camarines Sur, Philippines31 12 201310 hour
Westgate shopping mall attack Nairobi, Kenya21 09 20133 days
Zamboanga City crisis Zamboanga City, Philippines09 09 201319 days
August, 2013 Islamabad Hostage Drama Islamabad, Pakistan15 08 20136 hours
2013 Hialeah shooting Hialeah, Florida26 07 2013Approximately 3 hours
2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis Midland City, Alabama29 1 20136 days
In Amenas hostage crisis In Amenas, Algeria16 1 20133 days
2012 Bain murder-kidnappings Whiteville, Tennessee / Alpine, Mississippi, United States27 4 201213 days
2011 Bacoor hostage taking Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines13 10 20113 hours
2011 Hectorville siege Hectorville, South Australia, Australia29 4 20118 hours
2011 Agusan del Sur hostage taking Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Philippines3 4 20114 days
2010 Panama City school board shootings Panama City, Florida, United States14 12 2010Unknown
October 2010 Baghdad church attack Baghdad, Iraq31 10 2010About 4 hours
2010 Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis Silver Spring, Maryland, United States01 09 2010About 5 hours
2010 Manila hostage crisis Manila, Philippines23 08 201010 hours 30 mins
May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore Lahore, Pakistan28 05 2010Some hours
December 2009 Agusan del Sur hostage taking San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, Philippines10 12 20094 days
October 2009 Lahore attacks Lahore, Pakistan15 10 20091 hour 30 mins
2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack Rawalpindi, Pakistan10 10 20091 day
2009 Binghamton shootings Binghamton, New York, United States03 04 20091 day
2009 Lahore police academy attacks Lahore, Pakistan30 03 2009Some hours
Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh25 02 20092 days
November 2008 Mumbai attacks Mumbai, Maharashtra, India26 11 20083 days
Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil13 10 20084 days
South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan En route from Kandahar to Kabul, Afghanistan19 7 200742 days
Siege of Lal Masjid Islamabad, Pakistan03 07 20079 days
Johnson Space Center shooting Houston, Texas, United States20 4 2007About 3 hours
2007 Manila City Hall hostage crisis Manila, Philippines28 3 200710 hours
2007 Taguig City Hall of Justice hostage taking Taguig City, Philippines14 3 2007About 24 hours
West Nickel Mines School shooting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States2 10 2006Some hours
Platte Canyon High School shooting Bailey, Colorado, United States27 9 2006About 4 hours
Seattle Jewish Federation shooting Seattle, Washington, United States28 7 2006Approximately 15 minutes
Chrobog family kidnapping Yemen28 12 20053 days
October 2005 Nalchik attack Nalchik, Russia13 10 2005Some hours
Ennepetal hostage taking Ennepetal, Germany12 4 2005About 6 hours
2005 Camp Bagong Diwa siege Taguig City, Philippines14 3 2005About 24 hours
Beslan school hostage crisis Beslan, Russia1 9 20043 days
2004 Khobar massacre Khobar, Saudi Arabia29 5 200425 hours
Sahara hostage crisis 2003 Algeria22 1 2003208 days
Moscow theater hostage crisis Moscow, Russia23 10 20022½ days
Akshardham Temple attack Gandhinagar, India24 9 20022 days
Pasay Bus Terminal Hostage Crisis Pasay, Philippines31 5 20022 hours
Dos Palmas kidnappings Palawan, Philippines27 5 2001Varied periods
Operation Barras Sierra Leone10 10 200017 days
Bus 174 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil12 6 2000Some hours
Operations 304 Perak, Malaysia5 6 20003 days
Fiji coup of 2000 Suva, Fiji19 5 200056 days
2000 Sipadan kidnappings Sipadan, Malaysia, Jolo, Philippines23 4 2000Varied periods
Standoff of Joseph C. Palczynski Dundalk, Maryland17 3 20004 days
Indian Airlines Flight 814 Kathmandu, Nepal, Amritsar, India, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Kandahar, Afghanistan24 12 19998 days
1998 Cúa hostage crisis Cúa, Venezuela5 4 19987 hours
Japanese embassy hostage crisis Lima, Peru17 12 1996126 days
Caracas, Venezuela15 04 199620 hours
1996 Honolulu hostage crisis Honolulu, Hawaii, United States6 2 19967 hours
Black Sea hostage crisis Trabzon, Turkey, Sochi, Russia16 1 19964 days
Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis Kizlyar and Pervomayskoye, Russia9 1 19969 days
Caracas, Venezuela23 6 19956 hours
1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir Pahalgam, India4 7 1995Unknown
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis Budyonnovsk, Russia14 6 19955 days
Air France Flight 8969 Algiers, Algeria, Marseilles, France24 12 19943 days
1994 kidnappings of Western tourists in India New Delhi, India20 10 199412 days
Torp hostage crisis Larvik and Sandefjord, Norway28 8 19942 days
Gresham cat hostage taking incident Gresham, Oregon, United StatesUnknown
Salt Lake City Public Library hostage incident Salt Lake City, Utah, United States7 3 19946 hours
1993 Jolimont Centre siege Canberra, Australia29 11 19932 hours
1993 Cangai siege Cangai, New South Wales, Australia30 3 199326 hours
Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis San José, Costa Rica26 4 19934 days
East Carter High School shooting Grayson, Kentucky, United States18 1 199316 minutes
Lindhurst High School shooting Olivehurst, California, United States1 5 19928 hours
Alta View Hospital hostage incident Sandy, Utah, United States20 9 199118 hours
1991 Sacramento hostage crisis Sacramento, California, United States4 4 1991About 8 hours
Singapore Airlines Flight 117 Singapore26 3 199112 Hours
Henry's Pub Hostage Incident Berkeley, California, United States7 hours
1990 Hotel Delfino siege Tuguegarao, Cagayan, PhilippinesUnknown
1989 Davao hostage crisis Davao City, Philippines13 8 19893 days
Camp Cawa-Cawa siege Zamboanga City, Philippines5 1 198912 Hours
Loveland River House Incident Loveland, Colorado, United States3 1 19892 hours
Gladbeck hostage crisis Gladbeck, West Germany / / Cologne, West Germany16 8 19883 days
Ouvéa cave hostage taking Ouvéa, New Caledonia22 4 198814 days
Kuwait Airways Flight 422 Mashhad, Iran, Larnaca, Cyprus, Algiers, Algeria5 4 198815 days
Pudu Prison siege Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia17 10 19866 days
Pan Am Flight 73 Karachi, Pakistan05 09 19861 day
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis Cokeville, Wyoming, United States16 5 19862½ hours
EgyptAir Flight 648 Luqa, Malta23 11 19852 days
Palace of Justice siege Bogotá, Colombia6 11 19852 days
Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking Alexandria, Egypt / Port Said, Egypt7 10 19852 days
TWA Flight 847 Athens, Greece, Rome, Italy / Beirut, Lebanon, Algiers, Algeria14 6 198516 days
Kav 300 affair Tel-Aviv, Israel / Ashqelon, Israel12 4 19842 days
Libyan Embassy Siege London, United Kingdom17 4 198411 days
Libyan Hostage Situation 1984 Tripoli, Libya17 4 19849 months
1984 Sydney bank robbery Sydney, Australia31 1 19846 hours
Lebanon hostage crisis Beirut, Lebanon19 7 1982Varied periods
Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 Bangkok, Thailand28 3 19813 days
Iranian Embassy Siege London, United Kingdom30 4 19806 days
Dominican embassy siege Bogotá, Colombia27 2 198061 days
Grand Mosque Seizure Mecca, Saudi Arabia2 11 197914 days
Iran hostage crisis Tehran, Iran4 11 1979444 days
Mitsubishi Bank Hostage incident Osaka, Japan26 1 19792 days
1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis Assen, Netherlands13 3 19781 day
Cyprus Airways hijacking Larnaca, Cyprus 19 2 19781 day
Surrender and Death of Leonardo delos Reyes Manila, Philippines10 12 19771 minute
Lufthansa Flight 181 Rome, Italy, Larnaca, Cyprus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Aden, South Yemen, Mogadishu, Somalia,13 10 19775 days
Japan Airlines Flight 472 hijacking Mumbai, India / Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tokyo, Japan28 9 19775 days
Train hostage Netherlands 1977 De Punt, Netherlands23 5 197720 days
1977 Dutch school hostage crisis Bovensmilde, Netherlands23 5 197720 days
1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege Washington DC, United States9 3 197739 hours
Warren Balane Hostage Taking Manila, Philippines24 1 197730 hours
1976 Croatian plane hijack En route from New York to Chicago, United States10 9 19762 days
Air France Flight 139 Benghazi, Libya, Entebbe, Uganda27 6 19768 days
Balcombe Street Siege London, United Kingdom6 12 19755 days
Raid on the OPEC headquarters Vienna, Austria / Algiers, Algeria, Tripoli, Libya21 12 19753 days
Occupation of the Indonesian consulate Amsterdam, Netherlands4 12 197515 days
Train hijack Wijster, Netherlands2 12 197512 days
Philippine Airlines Flight 111 hijack Manila, Philippines6 10 19751 hour
Spaghetti House siege London, United Kingdom28 9 19756 days
1975 AIA building hostage crisis Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5 8 19755 days
West German embassy siege Stockholm, Sweden24 4 197512 hours
1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague The Hague, Netherlands13 9 19744 days
Ma'alot massacre Ma'alot, Israel15 5 19742 days
Laju incident Singapore31 1 19748 days
Norrmalmstorg robbery Stockholm, Sweden23 8 19735 days
1973 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bank robbery Kenora, Ontario, Canada10 5 1973Unknown
1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations Khartoum, Sudan1 3 19732½ days
Balassagyarmati_túszdráma Balassagyarmat, Hungary7 1 19736 days
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 Zagreb, Yugoslavia29 10 197215 hours
Munich massacre Munich, West Germany5 9 197221 hours
Hijacking of Sabena Flight 572 Lod, Israel8 5 19721 day
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649 Aden, South Yemen22 02 19722 days
Asama-Sansō incident Karuizawa, Japan19 02 19729 days
Northwest Orient Flight 305 Washington / Oregon, United States24 11 19714 hours
Dawson's Field hijackings Zarka, Jordan6 09 19708 days
October Crisis Quebec, Canada5 10 197060 days
Operation Dragon Rouge Stanleyville, Congo-Léopoldville24 11 1964Varied period; 20–30 days
Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 hijacking Stanley, Falkland Islands28 09 19662 days
Siege of Sidney Street London, United Kingdom02 01 19112 days
Battle of Ballingarry Ballingarry, Ireland, United Kingdom29 07 18481 day
Froberg mutiny Fort Ricasoli, Malta04 04 18076 days