Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 hostage taker 41 Parad 39 hostage takers 39 Vagni 36 kidnappers 35 abductors 35 hostages 35 Abdul Rashid Ghazi 35 hostage 33 captors 32 Abu Sayyaf 32 ransom 29 kidnapper 29 gunman 28 Solecki 28 Abu Sayyaf militants 28 captor 28 freed unharmed 27 barricaded himself 27 Hallums 27 hostage negotiator 26 Mwangura 26 hostage negotiators 26 Mahdi Army fighters 25 Farc 25 abductees 25 FARC rebels 25 rebels 24 Bigley 24 guerrillas 24 Beslan 24 standoff 24 commandos stormed 24 assailant 24 bandits 24 gunmen 24 Janjalani 23 Maskhadov 23 abduction 23 armed robber 23 siege 23 gunpoint 23 masked gunman 22 robbers 22 Shalit 22 Chechen rebels 22 assailants 22 hostage standoff 22 FARC 22 knifepoint 22 kidnap 22 Georges Malbrunot 22 captives 21 masked gunmen 21 kidnapped 21 barricading himself 21 surrendered peacefully 21 prisoner swap 21 Patty Hearst 21 Osthoff 21 abducted 21 Basayev 21 abductions 21 hijacker 21 kidnapping 20 Hostage 20 hijacked 20 Chechen separatists 20 Al Arabiya television 20 Harmeet Singh Sooden 20 abductor 20 holdup 20 Mastrogiacomo 20 seige 20 prisoners 20 militants 20 Sadr militia 20 clan elders 20 unharmed 19 knife wielding 19 FARC guerrillas 19 Kidnappers 19 Jill Carroll 19 hostage takings 19 ransoms 19 Gunman 19 freed 19 Mehdi Army 18 politician Ingrid Betancourt 18 human shields 18 Hostages 18 robbery 18 detained 18 disarmed 18 Iranians 18 perpetrators 18 kidnappings 18 abduct 18 tense standoff 18 Taleban militants 18 bargaining chips