Ordzhonikidze Bus Hijacking

Date: December 1, 1988 • Location: Vladikavkaz, Russian Federation

Five armed men hijacked a bus carrying schoolchildren and a teacher in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz, Russia), and were later given an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft and ransom for the release of the hostages.

On 1 December 1988, a LAZ-697 bus carrying around thirty pupils and one teacher from school 42 in Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union was hijacked by five-armed criminals, led by Pavel Yakshiyants.