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STOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s a common term these days, deployed to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their…
The term originated when thieves in Sweden took hostages during a 1973 bank heist; during a six-day stand-off with police, their victims allegedly took the captors’ side.
This week marks 50 years since a failed bank robbery that gave rise to Stockholm syndrome, a term used to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations