Ouvéa cave hostage-taking
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The Ouvéa cave hostage-taking was a 1988 crisis in New Caledonia in which Kanak independence militants seized and held French gendarmes in a remote cave, triggering a controversial and deadly French military rescue operation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ouvéa cave hostage-taking canonical | 2 |
| Ouvéa cave hostage crisis | 1 |
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