1977 Dutch train hostage crisis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:terrorist_attack
hostage rescue
gptkbp:contemporaryOf gptkb:1977_Dutch_school_hostage_crisis
gptkbp:country gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:endDate June 11, 1977
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis
gptkbp:location gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:De_Punt,_Drenthe,_Netherlands
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international coverage
gptkbp:motive draw attention to South Moluccan independence movement
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Dutch_Royal_Marines
gptkbp:numberOfHostages 54
gptkbp:perpetrator South Moluccan militants
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:South_Moluccan_independence_movement
Dutch colonial history in Indonesia
gptkbp:result 2 hostages killed
6 militants killed
Dutch military intervention
hostages freed
gptkbp:startDate May 23, 1977
gptkbp:target Dutch train
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Free_South_Moluccas_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6