Global InformationMikkeli hostage crisis information
| Mikkeli hostage crisis | |
|---|---|
| Location | Helsinki, Finland Mikkeli, Finland |
| Date | August 8–9, 1986 |
Attack type | Bank robbery Hostage taking |
| Weapons | Sawed-off shotgun Explosive charge |
| Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 9 |
| Perpetrator | Jorma Takala |
The Mikkeli hostage crisis, or Jakomäki bank robbery took place on 8–9 August 1986, which ended in Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland, outside of the Mikkeli County Government House on Maaherrankatu. The crisis began when the perpetrator, Jorma Kalevi Takala (born July 11, 1950) took three hostages in Helsinki in a bank robbery, with whom he traveled by car to Mikkeli. The event ended when Takala blew up his car, killing himself and hostage Jukka Häkkinen (born May 13, 1961). In the aftermath of the incident, the Finnish police were subjected to harsh criticism.