# List of hostage crises

This is a list of notable hostage crises by date.
| Incident | Location(s) | Start | Duration | Number of hostages |
| Kidnappings during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war | Gaza envelope, Israel | 7 October 2023 | Ongoing | 250+ |
| Nduga hostage crisis | Nduga Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia | 7 February 2023 | 1 year, 7 months and 2 weeks | 9+ |
| Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis | Colleyville, Texas, United States | 15 January 2022 | 10 hours, 41 minutes | 4 |
| 2020 Lutsk hostage crisis | Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine | 21 July 2020 | 12 hours, 21 minutes | 13 |
| 2020 Greenhills hostage crisis | San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines | 2 March 2020 | 9 hours | 55 |
| Siege of Marawi | Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines | 23 May 2017 | 5 months | 1,770+ |
| 2017 Hanoi hostage crisis | Hanoi, Vietnam | 15 April 2017 | 10 days | 38 |
| 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis | Yerevan, Armenia | 17 July 2016 | 15 days | 9 |
| July 2016 Dhaka attack | Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1 July 2016 | 11 hours, 10 minutes | 35+ |
| Orlando nightclub shooting | Orlando, Florida, United States | 12 June 2016 | 3 hours, 12 minutes | 320 |
| Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis | Kunduz Province, Afghanistan | 31 May 2016 | Unclear end date | 220+ |
| 2015 Bamako hotel attack | Bamako, Mali | 20 November 2015 | 9 hours | 170 |
| November 2015 Paris attacks | Paris, France | 13 November 2015 | 2 hours, 20 minutes | 20 |
| Samal Island hostage crisis | Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines | 22 September 2015 | 13 months | |
| Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege | Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France | 9 January 2015 | 4 hours 30 minutes | 19 |
| 2014 Peshawar school massacre | Army Public School Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan | 15 December 2014 | 7 hours | 1,099 |
| Lindt Cafe siege | Martin Place, Sydney, Australia | 15 December 2014 | Approximately 17 hours | 18 |
| 2014 Stockton bank robbery | Stockton, California and Lodi, California, United States | 16 July 2014 | Approximately 1 hour | 3 |
| 2014 Moscow school shooting | Moscow, Russia | 3 February 2014 | Approximately 2 hours | 29 |
| Westgate shopping mall attack | Nairobi, Kenya | 21 September 2013 | 3 days | |
| Zamboanga City crisis | Zamboanga City, Philippines | 9 September 2013 | 19 days | |
| 2013 Islamabad hostage crisis | 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 and Alpine, Mississippi, United States | 27 April 2012 | 13 days | |
| 2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis | Muar, Johor, Malaysia | 7 July 2011 | 6 hours | 30 |
| 2011 Hectorville siege | Hectorville, South Australia, Australia | 29 April 2011 | 8 hours | |
| Panama City school board shootings | Panama City, Florida, United States | 14 December 2010 | Unknown | |
| 2010 Baghdad church massacre | Baghdad, Iraq | 31 October 2010 | About 4 hours | |
| 2010 Discovery headquarters hostage crisis | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | 1 September 2010 | About 5 hours | |
| Manila hostage crisis | Manila, Philippines | 23 August 2010 | 10 hours 30 mins | |
| 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre | 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, Pakistan | 10 October 2009 | 1 day | |
| Binghamton shooting | Binghamton, New York, United States | 3 April 2009 | 1 day | |
| 2009 Lahore police academy attack | Lahore, Pakistan | 30 March 2009 | Some hours | |
| Bangladesh Rifles revolt | Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 25 February 2009 | 2 days | |
| 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 | |
| Espírito Santo Bank of Campolide robbery | Lisbon, Portugal | 7 August 2008 | 8 hours | |
| South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan | Ghazni Province, Afghanistan | 19 July 2007 | 42 days | |
| Siege of 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 hostage crisis | 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 | |
| 2005 raid on Nalchik | Nalchik, Russia | 13 October 2005 | Some hours | |
| Ennepetal hostage taking | Ennepetal, Germany | 12 April 2005 | About 6 hours | |
| Beslan school siege | Beslan, Russia | 1 September 2004 | 3 days | |
| 2004 Khobar massacre | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | 29 May 2004 | 25 hours | |
| 2003 Sahara hostage crisis | Algeria | 22 January 2003 | 208 days | |
| Moscow theater hostage crisis | Moscow, Russia | 23 October 2002 | 2½ days | |
| Akshardham Temple attack | Gandhinagar, India | 24 September 2002 | 2 days | |
| Dos Palmas kidnappings | Palawan, Philippines | 27 May 2001 | Varied periods | |
| Operation Barras | Sierra Leone | 10 October 2000 | 17 days | |
| Bus 174 hostage crisis | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 June 2000 | Some hours | |
| Sauk Siege | Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia | 5 June 2000 | 3 days | |
| Wasserbillig crèche hostage crisis | Wasserbillig, Luxembourg | 31 May 2000 | 28 hours | 52 |
| 2000 Fijian coup d'état | Suva, Fiji | 19 May 2000 | 56 days | |
| 2000 Sipadan kidnappings | Sipadan, Malaysia, Jolo, Philippines | 23 April 2000 | Varied periods | |
| Joseph Palczynski standoff | Dundalk, Maryland | 17 March 2000 | 4 days | |
| Indian Airlines Flight 814 | Amritsar, India, Dubai, UAE, Lahore, Pakistan, Kandahar, Afghanistan | 24 December 1999 | 8 days | 190 |
| 1998 Cúa hostage crisis | Cúa, Venezuela | 5 April 1998 | 7 hours | |
| Japanese embassy hostage crisis | Lima, Peru | 17 December 1996 | 126 days | |
| Terrazas del Ávila hostage crisis [es] | Caracas, Venezuela | 15 April 1996 | 20 hours | |
| 1996 Honolulu hostage crisis | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | 6 February 1996 | 7 hours | |
| 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 | |
| San Román Tragedy [es] | Caracas, Venezuela | 23 June 1995 | 6 hours | |
| 1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir | Pahalgam, India | 4 July 1995 | Unknown | |
| Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis | Budyonnovsk, Russia | 14 June 1995 | 5 days | |
| Air France Flight 8969 | Algiers, Algeria, Marseille, France | 24 December 1994 | 3 days | 232 |
| 1994 kidnappings of western tourists in India | New Delhi, India | 20 October 1994 | 12 days | 4 |
| Torp hostage crisis | Larvik and Sandefjord, Norway | 28 August 1994 | 2 days | |
| Gresham cat hostage taking incident | Gresham, Oregon, United States | 21 August 1994 | Unknown | 1 cat |
| 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 | |
| Neuilly kindergarten hostage crisis | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | 13 May 1993 | 2 days | 22 |
| Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis | San José, Costa Rica | 26 April 1993 | 4 days | |
| 1993 Cangai siege | Cangai, New South Wales, Australia | 30 March 1993 | 26 hours | |
| 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 | 41 |
| Singapore Airlines Flight 117 | Singapore | 26 March 1991 | 12 hours | 125 |
| Henry's Pub hostage incident | Berkeley, California, United States | 28 September 1990 | 7 hours | 33 |
| 1990 Hotel Delfino siege | Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines | 4 March 1990 | Unknown | |
| 1989 Davao hostage crisis | Davao City, Philippines | 13 August 1989 | 3 days | |
| Camp Cawa-Cawa siege | Zamboanga City, Philippines | 5 January 1989 | 12 hours | |
| Loveland River House incident | Loveland, Colorado, United States | 3 January 1989 | 2 hours | |
| Papal visit hostage crisis | Maseru, Lesotho | 13 September 1988 | 1 day | |
| Gladbeck hostage crisis | Gladbeck, West Germany | 16 August 1988 | 3 days | |
| Ouvéa cave hostage taking | Ouvéa, New Caledonia | 22 April 1988 | 14 days | |
| Kuwait Airways Flight 422 | Mashhad, Iran, Larnaca, Cyprus, Algiers, Algeria | 5 April 1988 | 15 days | 110 |
| Pudu prison siege | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 17 October 1986 | 6 days | |
| Pan Am Flight 73 | Karachi, Pakistan | 5 September 1986 | 1 day | 379 |
| Mikkeli hostage crisis | Helsinki and Mikkeli, Finland | 8 August 1986 | 14 hours 10 mins | |
| Oulu plane hijacking 1986 | Oulu, Finland | 20 May 1986 | 2 hours 45 mins | |
| Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis | Cokeville, Wyoming, United States | 16 May 1986 | 2½ hours | |
| EgyptAir Flight 648 | Luqa, Malta | 23 November 1985 | 2 days | 98 |
| Palace of Justice siege | Bogotá, Colombia | 6 November 1985 | 2 days | |
| Achille Lauro hijacking | Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt | 7 October 1985 | 2 days | 97+ |
| Trans World Airlines Flight 847 | Beirut, Lebanon, Algiers, Algeria | 14 June 1985 | 16 days | 155 |
| Bus 300 affair | Tel Aviv and Ashkelon, Israel | 12 April 1984 | 2 days | |
| 1984 Libyan hostage incident | Tripoli, Libya | 17 April 1984 | 9 months | |
| 1984 Sydney bank robbery | Sydney, Australia | 31 January 1984 | 6 hours | |
| Abduction of western tourists in Matabeleland | Lupane, Zimbabwe | 23 July 1982 | Unknown | |
| Lebanon hostage crisis | Beirut, Lebanon | 19 July 1982 | Varied periods | |
| Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 | Bangkok, Thailand | 28 March 1981 | 3 days | 53 |
| 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 | 50,000+ |
| Iran hostage crisis | Tehran, Iran | 4 November 1979 | 444 days | 53 |
| Mitsubishi Bank hostage incident | Osaka, Japan | 26 January 1979 | 2 days | |
| Finnair Flight 405 | Amsterdam, Netherlands, Helsinki, Finland | 30 September 1978 | 19 hours | |
| 1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis | Assen, Netherlands | 13 March 1978 | 1 day | |
| Cyprus Airways hijacking | Larnaca, Cyprus | 19 February 1978 | 1 day | |
| Lufthansa Flight 181 | Larnaca, Cyprus, Dubai, UAE, Aden, South Yemen, Mogadishu, Somalia | 13 October 1977 | 5 days | |
| Japan Air Lines Flight 472 | Dhaka, Bangladesh, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Damascus, Syria | 28 September 1977 | 5 days | |
| 1977 Dutch train hijacking | De Punt, Netherlands | 23 May 1977 | 20 days | |
| 1977 Dutch school hostage crisis | Bovensmilde, Netherlands | 23 May 1977 | 20 days | |
| 1977 Hanafi siege | Washington, D.C., United States | 9 March 1977 | 39 hours | |
| TWA Flight 355 | Montreal and Gander, Canada, Keflavík, Iceland, Paris, France | 10 September 1976 | 2 days | |
| Operation Entebbe | Benghazi, Libya, Entebbe, Uganda | 27 June 1976 | 8 days | 258 |
| Balcombe Street siege | London, United Kingdom | 6 December 1975 | 5 days | |
| OPEC siege | Vienna, Austria, Algiers, Algeria, Tripoli, Libya | 21 December 1975 | 3 days | |
| 1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4 December 1975 | 15 days | |
| 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis | Wijster, Netherlands | 2 December 1975 | 12 days | |
| Philippine Airlines Flight 111 | Manila, Philippines | 6 October 1975 | 1 hour | |
| Spaghetti House siege | London, United Kingdom | 28 September 1975 | 6 days | 6 |
| 1975 AIA building hostage crisis | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 5 August 1975 | 5 days | |
| Israeli consulate hostage crisis | Johannesburg, South Africa | 29 April 1975 | 19 hours | |
| West German Embassy siege in Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 24 April 1975 | 12 hours | |
| 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague | The Hague, Netherlands | 13 September 1974 | 4 days | |
| 1974 Huntsville Prison siege | Huntsville, Texas, United States | 24 July 1974 | 11 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 | |
| Roman Catholic mission hostage crisis | Centenary, Rhodesia | 5 July 1973 | Unknown | |
| 1973 CIBC bank robbery | Kenora, Ontario, Canada | 10 May 1973 | Unknown | |
| Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum | Khartoum, Sudan | 1 March 1973 | 2½ days | |
| 1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis | New York City, New York, United States | 19 January 1973 | 3 days | |
| Balassagyarmat hostage crisis [hu] | Balassagyarmat, Hungary | 7 January 1973 | 6 days | |
| Lufthansa Flight 615 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 29 October 1972 | 15 hours | |
| Munich massacre | Munich, West Germany | 5 September 1972 | 21 hours | |
| Lod Airport massacre | Lod, Israel | 30 May 1972 | 24 minutes | |
| Sabena Flight 572 | Lod, Israel | 8 May 1972 | 1 day | |
| 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 and Oregon, United States | 24 November 1971 | 4 hours | |
| October Crisis | Quebec, Canada | 5 October 1970 | 60 days | |
| Dawson's Field hijackings | Zarka, Jordan | 6 September 1970 | 8 days | |
| Marin County Civic Center attacks | San Rafael, California, United States | 7 August 1970 | 2 hours | |
| Operation Dragon Rouge | Stanleyville, Congo-Léopoldville | 24 November 1964 | 20–30 days | |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 hijacking | Stanley, Falkland Islands | 28 September 1966 | 2 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 | |