The Dutch Moluccans had repeatedly drawn the attention of the Dutch government to their claim for a free Republic of South Maluku ( '' Republik Maluku Selatan '' or RMS ) state of which the Dutch government had promised earlier . In the 1970s this escalated more and more . One of the methods to gain attention on the matter was through the violent hijackings of 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis in De Punt , Wijster , where hostages were taken , and the train hijackers were killed
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
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