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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
3
In Bovensmilde the South Moluccan community mourns six young men and a young woman killed by Dutch marines during a 20 day siege that ended with a hijacked train and school takeover. A spokesman for the South Moluccan Youth Liberation Front says the revolution may claim more lives.
Pope Paul VI condemned the Moluccan seizure in the Netherlands and other global acts of terror, calling for prayer and a hardening of civil coexistence. He cited the Turkish ambassador killing and urged unity amid rising violence as Moluccan and Dutch tensions flare. The report notes Dutch talks with Moluccan leaders near Utrecht and hopes to ease community friction.
Kees Huibregtse Bimmel, 29, recalls 19 days aboard the train seized by South Moluccan hijackers. He describes a bullet grazing his hair as Dutch soldiers stormed the car, during which 49 hostages were freed and six of nine attackers were killed. Miss Ans Monsjou died in the rescue.
Former Oklahoma House Speaker Carl Albert, 69, was discharged from the hospital after minor injuries from a hit-and-run Saturday in McAlester. suspect Sampson Benjamin, 81, was arrested and released on his own recognizance as the investigation continues.
Sjaan Abbink, one of four teachers freed from a village school in Bovensmilde after a 20 day seizure by South Moluccan terrorists, recalled feints to escape and the fear of harming hostages on the train. Dutch commandos killed two hostages and six terrorists. 49 hostages freed from the train. four teachers and 105 children endured days inside the school.
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