Everything about Hostage Crisis totally explained
Hostage crisis refers to a
terrorist or a
criminal, surrounded by people, tries to hold off the authorities by force, it's considered a "
barricaded suspect" situation. When a person/s holds others against their will, but keeps them hidden, it's simple
kidnapping. A
hostage crisis develops when the kidnapper barricades himself along with his prisoners, threatening to kill them if they're provoked or attacked.
Typically, the
hostage-taker issues demands to the forces keeping him surrounded. In a planned hostage crisis, there's often a list of political or religious demands, often including the release of imprisoned friends or allies. In cases where the hostage situation was improvised as a desperate attempt to avoid capture, the demands usually revolve around exchanging the lives of the hostages for transport to safety.
For a list of hostage crisis events, see the
list of hostage crises.
Journalists often prefer to use the term "
siege" to describe these incidents. However, events like the
Waco Siege are not necessarily hostage crises, because third parties are not being held or threatened.
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