Japanese embassy hostage crisis
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japanese-embassy-hostage-crisis-217-2880518
title:
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
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The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 terrorist members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business executives. They were attending a party at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Peru, Morihisa Aoki, in celebration of Emperor Akihito's 63rd birthday. Although the crisis took place at the ambassadorial residence in San Isidro rather tha
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1996–1997 hostage crisis in Lima, Peru
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis
date created:
2005-03-10T17:31:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T06:38:19Z
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