50th anniversary: Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm
History · Anniversaries · Mon, August 28, 2023
1973: Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
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