The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Red_Army" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese Red Army">Japanese Red Army</a> takes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_AIA_building_hostage_crisis" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1975 AIA building hostage crisis">more than 50 hostages</a> at the AIA Building housing several embassies in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>. The hostages include the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul_(representative)" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Consul (representative)">consul</a> and the Swedish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargé_d'affaires" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chargé d'affaires">Chargé d'affaires</a>. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi#Libyan_Arab_Republic_(1969–1977)" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi">Libya</a>.