The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.

History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
Chargé d'affaires
Sweden
Consul
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
1975 AIA building hostage crisis
Japanese Red Army