Incident |
Place |
Start |
Duration |
November 2015 Bamako hotel attack |
Bamako, Mali |
20 November 2015 |
9 hours |
November 2015 Paris attacks |
11th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, France |
13 November 2015 |
2 hours, 20 minutes |
Porte de Vincennes siege |
Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France |
9 January 2015 |
4 hours 30 minutes |
2014 Peshawar school massacre |
Army Public School Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan |
15 December 2014 |
7 hours |
2014 Sydney hostage crisis |
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia |
15 December 2014 |
Approximately 17 hours |
2014 Moscow school shooting |
Moscow, Russia |
3 February 2014 |
Approximately 2 hours |
Westgate shopping mall attack |
Nairobi, Kenya |
21 September 2013 |
3 days |
Zamboanga City crisis |
Zamboanga City, Philippines |
9 September 2013 |
19 days |
August, 2013 Islamabad Hostage Drama |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
15 August 2013 |
6 hours |
2013 Hialeah shooting |
Hialeah, Florida |
26 July 2013 |
Approximately 3 hours |
2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis |
Midland City, Alabama |
29 January 2013 |
6 days |
In Amenas hostage crisis |
In Amenas, Algeria |
16 January 2013 |
3 days |
2012 Bain murder-kidnappings |
Whiteville, Tennessee / Alpine, Mississippi, United States |
27 April 2012 |
13 days |
2011 Hectorville siege |
Hectorville, South Australia, Australia |
29 April 2011 |
8 hours |
2010 Panama City school board shootings |
Panama City, Florida, United States |
14 December 2010 |
Unknown |
October 2010 Baghdad church attack |
Baghdad, Iraq |
31 October 2010 |
About 4 hours |
2010 Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis |
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States |
1 September 2010 |
About 5 hours |
2010 Manila hostage crisis |
Manila, Philippines |
23 August 2010 |
10 hours 30 mins |
May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore |
Lahore, Pakistan |
28 May 2010 |
Some hours |
October 2009 Lahore attacks |
Lahore, Pakistan |
15 October 2009 |
1 hour 30 mins |
2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack |
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
10 October 2009 |
1 day |
2009 Binghamton shootings |
Binghamton, New York, United States |
3 April 2009 |
1 day |
2009 Lahore police academy attacks |
Lahore, Pakistan |
30 March 2009 |
Some hours |
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Mutiny |
Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
25 February 2009 |
2 days |
November 2008 Mumbai attacks |
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
26 November 2008 |
3 days |
Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis |
Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil |
13 October 2008 |
4 days |
South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan |
En route from Kandahar to Kabul, Afghanistan |
19 July 2007 |
42 days |
Siege of Lal Masjid |
Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan |
3 July 2007 |
9 days |
Johnson Space Center shooting |
Houston, Texas, United States |
20 April 2007 |
About 3 hours |
West Nickel Mines School shooting |
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States |
2 October 2006 |
Some hours |
Platte Canyon High School shooting |
Bailey, Colorado, United States |
27 September 2006 |
About 4 hours |
Seattle Jewish Federation shooting |
Seattle, Washington, United States |
28 July 2006 |
Approximately 15 minutes |
Chrobog family kidnapping |
Yemen |
28 December 2005 |
3 days |
October 2005 Nalchik attack |
Nalchik, Russia |
13 October 2005 |
Some hours |
Ennepetal hostage taking |
Ennepetal, Germany |
12 April 2005 |
About 6 hours |
Beslan school hostage crisis |
Beslan, Russia |
1 September 2004 |
3 days |
2004 Khobar massacre |
Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
29 May 2004 |
25 hours |
Sahara hostage crisis 2003 |
Algeria |
22 January 2003 |
208 days |
Moscow theater hostage crisis |
Moscow, Russia |
23 October 2002 |
2½ days |
Akshardham Temple attack |
Gujarat, India |
24 September 2002 |
2 days |
Dos Palmas kidnappings |
Palawan, Philippines |
27 May 2001 |
Varied period |
Operation Barras |
Sierra Leone |
10 October 2000 |
17 days |
Bus 174 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
12 June 2000 |
Some hours |
Operations 304 |
Perak, Malaysia |
5 June 2000 |
3 days |
Fiji coup of 2000 |
Suva, Fiji |
19 May 2000 |
56 days |
2000 Sipadan Kidnapping Crisis |
Jolo, Philippines |
23 April 2000 |
Varied period |
Standoff of Joseph C. Palczynski |
Dundalk, Maryland |
17 March 2000 |
4 days |
Indian Airlines Flight 814 |
Kathmandu, Nepal / India / Dubai, UAE / Kandahar, Afghanistan |
24 December 1999 |
8 days |
Japanese embassy hostage crisis |
Lima, Peru |
17 December 1996 |
126 days |
Black Sea hostage crisis |
Trabzon, Turkey / Sochi, Russia |
16 January 1996 |
4 days |
Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis |
Kizlyar and Pervomayskoye, Russia |
9 January 1996 |
9 days |
1995 Urologico San Roman Tragedy |
Caracas, Venezuela |
23 June 1995 |
6 Hours |
1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir |
Pahalgam, India |
4 July 1995 |
Unknown |
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis |
Budyonnovsk, Russia |
14 June 1995 |
5 days |
Air France Flight 8969 |
Algiers, Algeria / Marseilles, France |
24 December 1994 |
3 days |
1994 kidnappings of Western tourists in India |
New Delhi, India |
20 October 1994 |
12 days |
Torp hostage crisis |
Sandefjord, Norway |
28 August 1994 |
2 days |
Salt Lake City Public Library hostage incident |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
7 March 1994 |
6 hours |
1993 Jolimont Centre siege |
Canberra, Australia |
29 November 1993 |
2 hours |
1993 Cangai siege |
Cangai, New South Wales, Australia |
30 March 1993 |
26 hours |
Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis |
San José, Costa Rica |
26 April 1993 |
4 days |
East Carter High School shooting |
Grayson, Kentucky, United States |
18 January 1993 |
16 minutes |
Lindhurst High School shooting |
Olivehurst, California, United States |
1 May 1992 |
8 hours |
Alta View Hospital hostage incident |
Sandy, Utah, United States |
20 September 1991 |
18 hours |
1991 Sacramento hostage crisis |
Sacramento, California, United States |
4 April 1991 |
About 8 hours |
Singapore Airlines Flight 117 |
Singapore |
26 March 1991 |
1/2 day |
Henry's Pub Hostage Incident |
Berkeley, California, United States |
28 September 1990 |
7 hours |
1989 Davao hostage crisis |
Davao City, Philippines |
13 August 1989 |
3 days |
Loveland River House Incident |
Loveland, Colorado, United States |
3 January 1989 |
2 hours |
Gladbeck hostage crisis |
Gladbeck, Germany / / Cologne, Germany |
16 August 1988 |
3 days |
Ouvéa cave hostage taking |
Ouvéa, France |
22 April 1988 |
14 days |
Pudu Prison siege |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
17 October 1986 |
6 days |
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis |
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States |
16 May 1986 |
2½ hours |
EgyptAir Flight 648 |
Luqa, Malta |
23 November 1985 |
2 days |
Palace of Justice siege |
Bogotá, Colombia |
6 November 1985 |
2 days |
Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking |
Alexandria, Egypt / Port Said, Egypt |
7 October 1985 |
2 days |
TWA Flight 847 |
Athens, Greece / Rome, Italy / Beirut, Lebanon / Algiers, Algeria |
14 June 1985 |
16 days |
Kav 300 affair |
Tel-Aviv, Israel / Ashqelon, Israel |
12 April 1984 |
2 days |
Libyan Embassy Siege |
London, United Kingdom |
17 April 1984 |
11 days |
Libyan Hostage Situation 1984 |
Tripoli, Libya |
17 April 1984 |
9 months |
1984 Sydney bank robbery |
Sydney, Australia |
31 January 1984 |
6 hours |
Lebanon hostage crisis |
Beirut, Lebanon |
19 July 1982 |
varied period |
Iranian Embassy Siege |
London, United Kingdom |
30 April 1980 |
6 days |
Dominican embassy siege |
Bogotá, Colombia |
27 February 1980 |
61 days |
Grand Mosque Seizure |
Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
2 November 1979 |
14 days |
Iran hostage crisis |
Tehran, Iran |
4 November 1979 |
444 days |
Mitsubishi Bank Hostage incident |
Osaka, Japan |
26 January 1979 |
2 days |
1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis |
Assen, Netherlands |
13 March 1978 |
1 day |
Lufthansa Flight 181 (Landshut hijacking) |
Mogadishu, Somalia |
13 October 1977 |
5 days |
Japan Airlines Flight 472 hijacking |
Mumbai, India / Dhaka, Bangladesh / Tokyo, Japan |
28 September 1977 |
5 days |
Train hostage Netherlands 1977 |
De Punt, Netherlands |
23 May 1977 |
20 days |
1977 Dutch school hostage crisis |
Bovensmilde, Netherlands |
23 May 1977 |
20 days |
1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege |
Washington DC, USA |
9 March 1977 |
39 hours |
Entebbe Airport hostage crisis |
Entebbe Airport, Uganda |
27 June 1976 |
8 days |
Balcombe Street Siege |
London, United Kingdom |
6 December 1975 |
5 days |
Raid on the OPEC headquarters |
Vienna, Austria / Algiers, Algeria / Tripoli, Libya |
21 December 1975 |
3 days |
Occupation of the Indonesian consulate |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
4 December 1975 |
15 days |
Train hijack |
Wijster, Netherlands |
2 December 1975 |
12 days |
Spaghetti House siege |
London, United Kingdom |
28 September 1975 |
6 days |
1975 AIA building hostage crisis |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
5 August 1975 |
5 days |
West German embassy siege |
Stockholm, Sweden |
24 April 1975 |
12 hours |
1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague |
The Hague, Netherlands |
13 September 1974 |
4 days |
Ma'alot massacre |
Ma'alot, Israel |
15 May 1974 |
2 days |
Laju incident |
Singapore |
31 January 1974 |
8 days |
Norrmalmstorg robbery |
Stockholm, Sweden |
23 August 1973 |
5 days |
1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations |
Khartoum, Sudan |
1 March 1973 |
2½ days |
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 |
Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
29 October 1972 |
15 hours |
Munich massacre |
Munich, Germany |
5 September 1972 |
21 hours |
Hijacking of Sabena Flight 572 |
Lod, Israel |
8 May 1972 |
1 day |
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649 |
Aden, South Yemen |
22 February 1972 |
2 days |
Asama-Sansō incident |
Karuizawa, Japan |
19 February 1972 |
9 days |
Northwest Orient Flight 305 (D.B. Cooper) |
Washington / Oregon, United States |
24 November 1971 |
4 hours |
October Crisis |
Quebec, Canada |
5 October 1970 |
60 days |
Operation Dragon Rouge |
Stanleyville, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
24 November 1964 |
Varied period; 20–30 days |
Siege of Sidney Street |
London, United Kingdom |
2 January 1911 |
2 days |
Battle of Ballingarry |
Ballingarry, Ireland, United Kingdom |
29 July 1848 |
1 day |
Froberg mutiny |
Fort Ricasoli, Malta |
4 April 1807 |
6 days |