1976 Barangadesh hostage crisis

1976 Barangadesh hostage crisis
A Barangadeshia Police Tell 212 deploying troops on the roof of the Zamastanian embassy during the siege
Date 4 April - 30 May 1976 Location Zamastanian Embassy, Daccas, Barangadesh Result Eventual Zamastanian and Barangadesh government victory.
Belligerents
Zamastan Barangadesh	Barangadeshi Nationalist Alliance
Strength
unknown	65 6 vehicles
Casualties and losses
Zamastan 6 soldiers killed 4 diplomats killed Barangadesh 32 soldiers killed	61 killed
43 civilians killed

On April 4, 1976, a group of Barangadeshi seperatists and terrorists took over the Zamastanian Embassy in Daccas. The attackers were in support of the Islamic terrorist group Barangadeshi Nationalist Alliance, which wanted to separate the southern half of the country to become independent. 83 diplomats and citizens were held hostage, with three being executed. A month into the affair, President Elene Abotsford stated her commitment to resolving the dispute without "any military action that would cause bloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack them or to punish them". On April 21, 1976, Abotsford ordered the covert Operation Osprey Talon to try to free the hostages, but the mission failed, leaving six Zamastanian servicemen dead and causing the destruction of two aircraft as they attempted to land on the embassy roof. The ill-fated rescue attempt led to the self-imposed resignation of Zamastanian Secretary of State Marc-Antoine Dutoit, who had been opposed to the mission from the beginning. The terrorists and the hostages remained in the embassy for a total of 56 days until they were finally freed after a joint Zamastan-Barangadesh operation on May 30th. 61 terrorists were killed and 4 were captured, with two being executed in Barangadesh and two being extradited to Zamastan.