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🗓️ 28 August 2024
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August 28, 1973. The end of a five-day hostage crisis that followed a bank raid in Sweden originates the term “Stockholm Syndrome.”
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0:26.0 | It's August 28th, 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden. |
0:30.0 | An armed police officer slowly edges along a wall near the vault to the bank credit |
0:36.0 | bankin. |
0:37.0 | He's trying to keep his movements as quiet as possible, but it's a tough task to move |
0:41.2 | silently when he's wearing a gas mask and can't see where he's stepping. |
0:46.2 | Five days ago, a robbery went wrong at this branch of Credit Banken, and a thief didn't get away |
0:51.7 | before police arrived, so he retreated into the vault with an accomplice and four hostages. |
0:57.0 | Now the whole of Sweden is watching the siege unfold on television, and authorities have decided it's time to bring the |
1:04.2 | hostage crisis to an end. The police officer checks his weapon is loaded with |
1:09.7 | tear gas canisters and is ready to fire. The plan is to force the robber into |
1:14.7 | surrendering without provoking a firefight that might risk the |
1:17.8 | hostage's lives. The officer then takes his place next to a hole in the |
1:22.3 | bank vault that's been patched up with wood from the other side. |
1:25.0 | He raises the weapon, then signals to a colleague who's standing by with a sledgehammer. |
1:30.0 | The other officer swings a hammer, smashing through the wood and opening the hole back up. |
1:37.0 | Before anyone on the other side can respond, the officer fires his weapon and sends a tear gas canister into the bank vault. |
1:44.0 | Then his colleague clamps a panel against the hole to stop the noxious fumes from escaping. |
1:50.0 | After a few seconds, the tear gas begins to take effect on the other side of the wall. |
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