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siege
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Besieging (123)
Negative Trigger
A
total
of
13,952
people
were
killed
Killing
during
the
siege
,
including
5,434
civilians
.
After
the
war
,
the
International
Criminal
Tribunal
for
the
former
Yugoslavia
(
ICTY
)
convicted
four
Serb
officials
for
numerous
counts
of
crimes
against
humanity
committed
Commitment
during
the
siege
,
including
terrorism
Terrorism
.
Several
hundred
Chechen
rebel
Attack
fighters
and
civilians
and
more
than
50
Russian
servicemen
were
killed
Killing
in
the
course
of
more
than
two
weeks
of
siege
Besieging
warfare
Hostile_encounter
.
The
Beslan
school
siege
Besieging
(
also
referred
to
as
the
Beslan
school
hostage
crisis
Catastrophe
or
Beslan
massacre
Killing
)
started
Process_start
on
1
September
2004
,
lasted
Process_end
three
days
,
involved
Cause_to_be_included
the
illegal
Legality
imprisonment
Prison
of
over
1,100
people
as
hostages
(
including
777
children
)
,
and
ended
Process_end
with
the
deaths
Death
of
at
least
334
people
.
The
European
Court
of
Human
Rights
(
ECHR
)
in
a
2017
ruling
criticized
Judgment_communication
Russia
for
not
taking
Action
sufficient
precautions
before
the
event
,
and
for
using
Using
excessive
lethal
force
when
concluding
Process_end
the
siege
Besieging
which
violated
the
``
right
to
life
''
.
Motivated
by
his
dislike
for
the
U.S.
federal
government
and
unhappy
about
its
handling
of
the
Ruby
Ridge
incident
in
1992
and
the
Waco
siege
in
1993
,
McVeigh
timed
Process_start
his
attack
to
coincide
with
the
second
anniversary
of
the
deadly
fire
that
ended
the
siege
at
the
Branch
Davidian
compound
in
Waco
,
Texas
.
Motivated
by
his
dislike
for
the
U.S.
federal
government
and
unhappy
about
its
handling
of
the
Ruby
Ridge
incident
in
1992
and
the
Waco
siege
in
1993
,
McVeigh
timed
Process_start
his
attack
to
coincide
with
the
second
anniversary
of
the
deadly
fire
that
ended
the
siege
at
the
Branch
Davidian
compound
in
Waco
,
Texas
.
During
the
initial
campaign
,
Russian
military
and
pro-Russian
Chechen
paramilitary
forces
faced
Chechen
separatists
in
open
combat
,
and
seized
Hold
the
Chechen
capital
Grozny
after
a
winter
siege
that
lasted
from
late
1999
until
February
2000
.
After
an
unsuccessful
Byzantine
attempt
to
murder
Killing
him
ruined
Destroying
all
prospects
for
negotiations
with
them
,
Krum
ravaged
Destroying
much
of
Eastern
Thrace
and
then
turned
Change
against
Adrianople
which
was
still
under
siege
Besieging
.
The
siege
of
Adrianople
(
)
in
813
was
a
part
of
the
wars
of
the
Byzantine
Empire
with
the
Bulgarian
khan
Krum
(
Byzantine-Bulgarian
Wars
)
.
The
city—one
of
the
most
important
Byzantine
fortresses
in
Thrace—held
out
for
a
while
despite
being
attacked
Attack
with
siege
engines
.
The
attackers
Attack
were
commanded
Control
by
the
21-year-old
Sultan
Mehmed
II
,
who
defeated
Conquering
an
army
commanded
Control
by
Emperor
Constantine
XI
Palaiologos
and
took
Getting
control
Control
of
the
imperial
capital
,
ending
Process_end
a
53-day
siege
Besieging
that
had
begun
Process_start
on
6
April
1453
.
Yusuf
III
's
son
Ahmad
laid
siege
Besieging
to
Gibraltar
and
defeated
Conquering
several
Moroccan
attempts
to
break
out
.
The
Capture
of
Savannah
,
or
sometimes
the
First
Battle
of
Savannah
(
because
of
a
siege
in
1779
)
,
was
an
American
Revolutionary
War
battle
fought
Hostile_encounter
on
December
29
,
1778
pitting
local
American
Patriot
militia
and
Continental
Army
units
,
holding
the
city
,
against
a
British
invasion
force
under
the
command
of
Lieutenant
Colonel
Archibald
Campbell
.
The
British
held off
Defending
a
Franco-American
siege
in
1779
,
and
held
Defending
the
city
until
late
in
the
war
.
it
was
a
short
two-week
siege
Besieging
,
fought
Hostile_encounter
between
13
and
27
september
1567
,
or
in
the
japanese
calendar
:
from
the
1st
to
15th
day
of
the
8th
month
,
in
the
10th
year
of
the
unk
era
,
according
to
the
``
nobunaga
chronicle
''
.
The
siege
ended
Process_end
in
a
decisive
battle
and
victory
of
Nobunaga
's
combined
forces
,
and
resulted in
Causation
the
subjugation
of
the
Saitō
clan
,
their
vassals
,
and
allies
.
The
Wukan
protests
,
also
known
as
the
Siege
of
Wukan
,
was
an
anti-corruption
protest
that
began
in
September
2011
,
and
escalated
in
December
2011
with
the
expulsion
of
officials
by
villagers
,
the
siege
of
the
town
by
police
,
and
subsequent
détente
in
the
southern
Chinese
village
of
Wukan
(
pop
.
,
a
thousand
police
laid
Placing
siege
to
the
village
,
preventing
food
and
goods
from
entering
the
village
.
By
the
sixth
day
of
the
siege
Besieging
the
gunmen
had
become
Becoming
increasingly
frustrated
at
the
lack
of
progress
in
meeting
Social_event
their
demands
Request
.
The
Iranian
Embassy
siege
Besieging
took place
Process_start
from
30
April
to
5
May
1980
,
after
a
group
of
six
armed
men
stormed
Attack
the
Iranian
embassy
on
Prince
's
Gate
in
South
Kensington
,
London
.
Margaret
Thatcher
's
government
quickly
resolved
Resolve_problem
that
safe
passage
Motion_directional
would
not
be
granted
Giving
,
and
a
siege
ensued
.
The
siege
ended
Process_end
after
a
rescue
Rescuing
effort
by
the
U.S.
Navy
on
12
April
2009
.
the
siege
of
unk
was
an
operation
by
the
armed
forces
of
ukraine
to
recapture
Kidnapping
the
city
of
unk
in
donetsk
oblast
from
pro-russian
insurgents
who
had
seized
Control
it
on
12
april
2014
.
The
city
managed
Control
to
repel
Carthaginian
attacks
Attack
until
a
relief
army
from
Syracuse
defeated
Conquering
part
of
the
besieging
Carthaginian
army
and
lifted
Body_movement
the
siege
of
the
city
.
During
the
siege
,
Hannibal
and
a
large
number
of
Carthaginian
soldiers
perished
Death
from
the
plague
,
and
the
survivors
were
in
dire
straits
after
the
Greeks
managed
Control
to
cut
their
supply
lines
.
With
the
end
Process_end
of
the
half-century-long
Crusader
threat
Warning
to
their
European
frontier
,
Murad
's
son
Mehmed
II
was
free
Releasing
to
lay
siege
to
Constantinople
in
1453
.
The
siege
Besieging
of
Paris
and
the sack
of
Paris
of
845
was
the
culmination
of
a
Viking
invasion
Attack
of
France
.
The
onset
of
the
siege
took
Giving
the
Castillians
by
surprise
.
After
over
four
months
of
siege
and
bombardment
by
Moorish
catapults
,
the
garrison
and
townspeople
were
reduced
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
to
near-starvation
and
surrendered
Surrendering
to
Abd
al-Malik
.
Alexios
I
Komnenos
'
son
,
John
II
Komnenos
inherited
a
sizable
amount
of
land
in
Western
Asia
Minor
,
although
the
port
city
of
Antalya
was
under
Seljuq
siege
.
The
Sasanian
Empire
conquered
Conquering
Jerusalem
after
a
brief
siege
in
614
,
during
the
Byzantine–Sasanian
War
of
602–628
,
after
the
Persian
Shah
Khosrau
II
appointed
Change_of_leadership
his
general
Shahrbaraz
to
conquer
Conquering
the
Byzantine
controlled
areas
of
the
Near
East
.
This
was
followed
by
an
extended
Change_event_time
campaign
Military_operation
through
Russia
culminating
Process_end
in
the
long
and
difficult
siege
Besieging
of
Pskov
.
The
siege
lasted
three
years
from
May
2011
to
May
2014
,
and
resulted in
Causation
an
opposition
withdrawal
Escaping
from
the
city
.
German
forces
grew
Expansion
impatient
with
the
length
of
the
siege
and
on
27
January
1871
,
General
von
Tresckow
launched
Process_start
an
attack
on
the
city
which
was
repulsed
Defending
and
the
siege
Besieging
operations
resumed
Process_start
.
German
forces
grew
Expansion
impatient
with
the
length
of
the
siege
and
on
27
January
1871
,
General
von
Tresckow
launched
Process_start
an
attack
on
the
city
which
was
repulsed
Defending
and
the
siege
Besieging
operations
resumed
Process_start
.
In
the
spring
of
1187
,
Isaac
attacked
Attack
the
fortress
of
Lovech
,
but
failed
Earnings_and_losses
to
capture
Conquering
it
after
a
three-month
siege
.
Its
most
important
episode
was
the
siege
imposed
Imposing_obligation
by
the
Portuguese
on
the
far
larger
Dutch
garrison
of
Luanda
.
The
Siege
of
Madras
was
a
siege
Besieging
of
Madras
,
which
was
then
under
English
rule
,
between
December
1758
and
February
1759
by
French
forces
under
the
command
Control
of
Lally
during
the
Seven
Years
'
War
.
The
garrison
put up
Military_operation
such
fierce
resistance
that
a
large
part
of
Masséna
's
``
Army
of
Naples
''
was
tied up
Hindering
in
the
siege
for
nearly
five
months
.
Urban
's
convocation
Come_together
of
the
Council
of
Clermont
was
specifically
dedicated
to
this
purpose
,
proposing
siege
warfare
Hostile_encounter
against
the
recently
occupied
cities
of
Nicaea
and
Antioch
,
even
though
Urban
's
speech
Social_event
at
Clermont
in
the
testimony
of
witnesses
writing
Writing
after
1100
was
phrased
Communication
to
allude
to
the
re-conquest
Recovering
of
Jerusalem
and
the
Holy
Land
as
additional
goals
.
The
siege
of
Inverness
took place
Process_start
in
1649
as
part
of
the
17th-century
Scottish
Civil
War
that
was
,
in
turn
,
part
of
the
Wars
of
the
Three
Kingdoms
.
after
limited
campaigning
and
the
siege
of
wallingford
,
stephen
and
henry
agreed
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
a
negotiated
peace
,
the
treaty
of
wallingford
,
in
which
stephen
recognised
Know
henry
as
his
heir
.
It
was
captured
Conquering
after
a
nine-day
siege
,
but
a
further
Spanish
advance
was
stalled
Hindering
by
the
arrival
Arriving
of
8,000
British
troops
-
and
their
disruption
of
Spanish
supplies
Supply
at
the
Battle
of
Valencia
de
Alcántara
.
Several
related
attacks
Attack
followed
in
the
Île-de-France
region
on
7–9
January
2015
,
including
the
Hypercacher
kosher
supermarket
siege
where
a
terrorist
held
19
hostages
,
of
whom
he
murdered
Killing
4
Jews
.
The
siege
Besieging
lasted
for
twenty
one
months
.
The
siege
was
fought
Hostile_encounter
between
1
October
and
19
November
1594
and
was
conducted
Action
by
English
and
French
troops
against
a
Spanish
fort
constructed
Building
on
the
Crozon
Peninsula
near
Brest
.
An
assault
by
the
English
using
a
deceitful
ruse
ended
Process_end
the
siege
when
the
defenders
were
all
but
put
Placing
to
the
sword
.
The
peasants
laid
Placing
siege
Besieging
on
Bern
and
Lucerne
,
whereupon
the
cities
negotiated
Communication
a
peace
agreement
with
the
peasant
leader
Niklaus
Leuenberger
,
the
so-called
peace
on
the
Murifeld
.
After
celebrating
Social_event
the
new
year
at
Tabas
Gilaki
in
southern
Khorasan
,
Abbas
joined
Becoming_a_member
with
his
army
and
marched
Self_motion
on
Kandahar
where
he
arrived
Arriving
on
20
May
and
immediately
began
Process_start
the
siege
Besieging
.
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