#hostage incident

Collection of hostage incident news, found 7 news.

NZ pilot Mehrtens in touch with family following release: Police

The Papua Police announced that New Zealand pilot Mark Mehrtens, recently freed from the Free Papua Movement's ...

NZ pilot freed due to persistence in seeking peaceful resolution: govt

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attributed the release of New Zealand pilot Mark Mehrtens from the Free Papua ...

Military operation to be final option to free Indonesian hostages

In the last five months, Indonesias government has faced five hostage-taking incidents involving 24 Indonesian sailors ...

Latest Indonesian hostage incident cannot be tolerated

The latest hostage incident, in which three Indonesian fishermen were abducted by an armed group in the maritime ...

Indonesian govt not to tolerate vessels going to Philippines

The Transportation Ministry will not tolerate that any vessels from the country should go to the Philippines, ...

TNI-police to settle hostage incident: Governor

East Kalimantan governor Awang Faroek Ishak expressed his optimism here on Friday that the Indonesian military (TNI) ...

Indonesia bans ships from sailing to Philippines

The Indonesian Government has banned vessels flying Indonesias flag from sailing to the Philippines following the ...