Loyada school bus hostage rescue

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The Loyada school bus hostage rescue was a 1976 counterterrorism operation in Djibouti in which French forces, including the GIGN, freed children held hostage on a hijacked school bus near the Somali border.

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instanceOf counterterrorism operation
hostage rescue operation
military operation
aftereffect heightened tensions with Somalia
aftermath increased French security in Djibouti
casualties several children wounded
several hostage takers killed
some hostages killed
cause hijacking of a school bus
kidnapping of French schoolchildren
conflict French–Somali tensions
country France
date 1976-02-03
hostageType children
school bus passengers
involvedMilitaryUnit 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
French Army
French Foreign Legion
French Gendarmerie
GIGN
jurisdiction French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
location Djibouti
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
Loyada
near the Somali border
method coordinated assault on hijacked bus
near Somali border
numberOfHostages 31
operationType armed assault
hostage rescue
partOf French counterterrorism operations
perpetrator Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis
Somali-supported militants
relatedTo GIGN
hostage-taking of schoolchildren
terrorism in the 1970s
result French victory
hostage takers neutralized
hostages freed
significance early major operation of GIGN
notable French counterterrorism success
target French civilians
schoolchildren
usedForceBy France
victim French schoolchildren
weaponUsedByPerpetrators firearms
weaponUsedByRescuers small arms
year 1976

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GIGN notableOperation Loyada school bus hostage rescue