Laju incident
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The Laju incident, also known as the Laju ferry hijacking, occurred on 31 January 1974 in Singapore. Four armed men from the terrorist groups Japanese Red Army and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacked the Shell oil refinery complex on Pulau Bukom and later hijacked the ferryboat Laju and took its five crew members hostage. The crisis was resolved after the Singapore government provided the terrorists safe passage to the Middle East in exchange for the release of the hostages.
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Location | Pulau Bukom, Singapore Eastern Anchorage |
Date | 31 January 1974; 50 years ago (1974-01-31) 11:45 am – 1:30 pm (UTC+8) |
Target | Shell oil refinery complex |
Attack type | Terrorist attack |
Weapons | Submachine guns 12 explosives |
Victims | 5 hostages |
Perpetrators | Japanese Red Army Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
Assailants | 2 Japanese Red Army terrorists 2 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists |
No. of participants | 4 |
Motive | to disrupt large oil supply from Singapore to other countries |
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