Around 07:10 the emergency cord was pulled on the local train Groningen-Zwolle.
The traindriver, Hans Braam,  was immediately murdered.
When on the third day the Dutch government had not given the hijackers what they wanted, 22-year-old national serviceman Leo Bulter was murdered and both bodies were thrown out of the train on the rails.
That night 14 hostages managed to escape from the train.

The next day young economist Bert Bierling was brought to the doors and shot dead in full view of the police and the military as well as the press.
The dead bodies thrown from the train were only allowed to be taken away a couple of days later.

On 14 December the hijackers surrendered.
Among reasons for surrender were reports about retaliation on the Moluccan islands and the sub-zero temperatures in and around the train.
Around 07:10 the emergency cord was pulled on the local train Groningen-Zwolle. The traindriver, Hans Braam,  was immediately murdered. When on the third day the Dutch government had not given the hijackers what they wanted, 22-year-old national serviceman Leo Bulter was murdered and both bodies were thrown out of the train on the rails. That night 14 hostages managed to escape from the train.
The next day young economist Bert Bierling was brought to the doors and shot dead in full view of the police and the military as well as the press. The dead bodies thrown from the train were only allowed to be taken away a couple of days later.
On 14 December the hijackers surrendered. Among reasons for surrender were reports about retaliation on the Moluccan islands and the sub-zero temperatures in and around the train.
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis