1974 Japanese Embassy attack in Kuwait
- 1974 Japanese Embassy attack in Kuwait
On 7 February, 1974, Palestinian militants occupied the Japanese embassy in Kuwait City, taking the ambassador and ten others hostage. The militants motive was to support the Japanese Red Army members and Palestinian militants who were holding hostages on a Singaporean ferry. Ultimately, the hostages were released, and the guerillas allowed to fly to Aden.
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* [http://www.kw.emb-japan.go.jp/english/relations/relations_e.htm Embassy of Japan in the State of Kuwait]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950387,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Terror Targets] "Time". 17 March 1980.
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