The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 terrorist members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business... Wikipedia
Dates: Dec 17, 1996 – Apr 22, 1997
Deaths: 17 (1 hostage, 2 soldiers, 14 MRTA militants)
Target: Japanese embassy residence in Peru
Location: Lima and San Isidro