Topic summary
Hostage

Person seized by abductor to compel action by another party Police trainees recovering a hostage during a training exercise Part of a series onTerrorism Definitions History Incidents Ideologies Anarchist Communist Left-wing/Far-left Nationalist Palestinian Zionist Religious Buddhist Christian Mormon Islamic Jewish Hindutva Right-wing/Far-right Special-interest / Single-issue Suffragette Anti-abortion Green/Ecological Misogynist Related topics Violent extremism Ethnic conflict Insurgency Resistance movement Terror (politics) Organizational structures Financing Fronting Radicalization (online) Training camp Death squad Clandestine cell system Leaderless resistance Lone wolf Domestic MethodsTactics Agro-terrorism Aircraft hijacking list Beheading Guillotine #Reign of Terror Islamic views Salafi Bombing Animal-borne Car list Improvised Letter Proxy Threat Bioterrorism Cyberterrorism Dry run Environmental Hostage-taking Incitement to terrorism Individual terror Insurgency Kidnapping Nuclear Paper Piracy Propaganda of the deed Shooting School Spree Stabbing Stochastic Suicide attack Country categories Rockets and mortars Urban terrorism Vehicle-ramming Relationship to states State terror