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News Picture, 2nd prize

January 01, 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.

January 01, 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.

January 01, 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.

January 01, 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.

January 01, 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.

January 01, 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.

January 01, 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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Albert Roosenburg

1976 Photo Contest, News Picture, Stories, 2nd prize
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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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