News Picture, 2nd prize
Albert Roosenburg
01 January, 1975
In the first hour of the 16-day occupation of the Indonesian consulate, a hostage makes an attempt to escape from his South-Moluccan captors. He signaled in vain for a blanket before jumping, and died later in the hospital.
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