1977 Dutch train hijacking
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On 23 May 1977, a Nederlandse Spoorwegen passenger train was hijacked near the village of De Punt, Netherlands. At around 9 am, nine armed Moluccan nationalists pulled the emergency brake and took ove
Hijacker running past the hijacked train with a South Moluccan flag
Tan and Soumokil arriving at the train on 9 June
Freed hostages leave the train
Moluccan diaspora
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The Moluccan diaspora refers to overseas Indonesians of Moluccan birth or descent living outside Indonesia. The most significant Moluccan diaspora community lives in the Netherlands, where it numbers
1977 Dutch train hijacking
…On 23 May 1977, a Nederlandse Spoorwegen passenger train was hijacked near the village of De Punt, Netherlands. At around 9 am, nine armed Moluccan nationalists pulled the emergency brake and took over fifty people hostage. The hijacking lasted twenty days and ended with a raid by Dutch counter-terrorist special…
Moluccan evacuees disembark the SS Kota Inten in the Port of Rotterdam, 21–22 March 1951