| peacekeeper hostage | 8.89 | Serbs take U.N. peacekeepers hostage. | ||
| people hostage | 5.53 | Meanwhile his group holds dozens of people hostage. | ||
| guard hostage | 3.88 | Prisoners had burned mattresses and taken three guards hostage. | ||
| woman hostage | 2.44 | The woman hostage was unharmed. | ||
| employee hostage | 2.24 | He took three of its employees hostage, drove them to a quiet spot and shot them. | ||
| nurse hostage | 2.04 | Abu Sayyaf had been holding two American missionaries and a Filipino nurse hostage. | ||
| official hostage | 1.91 | The militants were holding dozens of government officials hostages in Matta. | ||
| soldier hostage | 1.78 | They took a French soldier hostage. | ||
| prison hostage | 1.45 | The kidnapping comes at a time when ETA already holds a prison official hostage. | ||
| child hostage | 1.38 | She said she did not know why the gunman had taken the children hostage. | ||
| tourist hostage | 1.32 | The group are holding two tourists hostage. | ||
| couple hostage | 1.12 | The Abu Sayyaf is currently holding an American couple hostage. | ||
| government hostage | 1.12 | Nor does he intend to hold his government hostage to the past. | ||
| passenger hostage | 1.12 | The group took a bus driver and a passenger hostage. | ||
| policeman hostage | 1.05 | The military went there after accusing members of the party of taking two policemen hostage. | ||
| staff hostage | 0.99 | A prison inmate has taken a member of staff hostage in a cell. | ||
| driver hostage | 0.92 | They took the driver hostage and seized the arms in the car before fleeing. | ||
| officer hostage | 0.86 | They were angry that the former child soldiers had taken a Sinhalese officer hostage. | ||
| civilian hostage | 0.79 | Udugov added that Russian soldiers had also taken several civilians hostage. | ||
| worker hostage | 0.79 | By taking Shell workers hostage, the Ijaw are hoping to be compensated. |