1982 seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern
id:
1982-seizure-of-the-polish-embassy-in-bern-184-4564648
title:
1982 seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern
text:
The 1982 seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern, Switzerland was a politically and financially motivated hostage situation. The embassy was seized by a group of four Polish exiles, led by a former employee of the Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB) security service, Florian Kruszyk. After seizing the embassy and taking 14 hostages, the group made several broad political demands including the abolition of martial law in Poland. They also requested several million Swiss francs, threatening to destroy the em
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Incident in Switzerland in 1982
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_seizure_of_the_Polish_embassy_in_Bern
date created:
2022-05-19T19:54:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T05:23:08Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q9386010","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9386010"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15