Witness History: Archive 2012

Dutch School Siege


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Thirty-five years ago, gunmen took 105 young children hostage in a school in Holland.

The hijackers, from the Moluccan islands, wanted Dutch support for their claims for independence from Indonesia.

The siege ended after 20 days when the military stormed the school.

Geert Kruit, a former hostage, was just nine years old at the time.

Photo: Geert Kruit as a young child

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