Hostage Crisis Ends as Gunmen Surrender in D C
After a tense standoff, Abdul Khaalis and accomplices surrendered following negotiations led by Mayor Walter Washington and Police Chief Maurice Cullinane. About 400 hostages were freed from B'nai B'rith, the District Building, and the Islamic Center. one man died and nearly a dozen were injured. Hospitals prepared for casualty arrivals as doctors provided care.
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Walter Washington
Maurice Cullinane
Washington
Peter Flaherty
Carter
Abdul Khaalis
B'nai B'rith
District of Columbia
Slamic
Alan Winter
Winter
Flaherty
Cullinane
George Washington University Hospital
Khaalis
Iran
Ardeshir Dahedi
Egypt
Ashraf al Gherbal
Pakistan
Yaghoub Khan
Charles Rabe
WS. Atty
Earl J. Silbert
Siege yields to talks as Hanafi crisis ends in Washington
In Washington the Hanafi siege began with demands and violence surrounding Abdul Khaalis. After three ambassadors and police leaders met him, hostages were released without further bloodshed. One hostage and a city council member were briefly shot. no further injuries occurred as officials negotiated to end the crisis.
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Nother
Marion Barry
Ghorbal
Khan
Carter
Atty
Griffin Belt
Invasion reports calm near Katanga and Shaba areas
Nordby and Methodist missions in Sandon and Kolwsi note calm amid nearby trouble. They speculate Katangese or former Katanga army troops, not Cubans, may be involved as Band Tshombe’s struggle echoes. Nordby cites indirect radio sources and past history from Zaire and Angola. Tshombe died in exile in 1969.
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Nordby S
Methodist
Sandon
Kapanga
Kolwsi
Dilolo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Shaba
Kinshase
Nordhy
U.S. State Department
Nordby
Zaire
Angola
Katanga-Shabarovince
U.N
Mobutu
Tshombe
Zaire accuses Angolan forces of arming Katange troops
Zaire charges Angolan forces are arming and training Katange troops. Zaire-backed faction opposed MPLA, which won the Angolan civil war with Cuban support. Radio claims armed foreigners seized Kisengi Dilofo and Kapanga in Shaba near the border, while government rejects responsibility for safeguarding endangered territory.
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Zaire
Popular Movement
MPLA
Shaba
Kisengi
Dilofo
Kapanga
Waldheim
Leader’s mood swings mark Hanafi leader Abdul Khaalis
Washington profile of Abdul Khaalis born in Gary Indiana now 54, leader of Hanafi group. His past includes jazz work with Charlie Parker, Harlem Mosque ties, and a controversial rise to religious leadership after long life of activism and family tragedy. The piece traces his split from Nation of Islam, marriage histories, and role in Embassy Row siege context.
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Wallace Muhammad
World Community of Islam
West
Washington
Chicago
Khaalis
Muhammad
Abdul Khaalis
Malcolm X
al Dannemora
N.Y
Fife
Reginald Hawkins
Charlotte N.C
Hawkins
Charlie Parker
New York
Khaslis
Gary
Purdue University
Army
Marines
Navy
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Harlem
Nation of Islam
Elijah Muhammad
Repress
Urban League
Youn Macalester College
Paulette Hawkins
Charlotte
N.C
Den
Urban League Project
Bibi
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Embassy Row
Khaatis
Hanafi
Amani
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