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First Fatality in Consulate Siege in Amsterdam
An Indonesian consular official E Abedy age 52 died after escaping from the South Moluccan gunmen who seized the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam. About 25 hostages remained, with seven Moluccans aboard the hijacked train holding 31 hostages and demanding independence for the South Molucca islands.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Justice Ministry
E. Abedy
Holland
Abedy
Surjadi Kromomihardjo
Johan Alvares Manusama
South Molucca Islands
United Nations