Lima Syndrome

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The Lima syndrome is a psychological condition, which is almost the reverse of the Stockholm syndrome. While in the Stockholm syndrome hostages develop sympathy for their abductor, in the Lima syndrome the abductors begin to sympathize with his hostages.

This syndrome was named after the abduction at the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru in 1996, when members of a militant movement took hostage hundreds of people attending a party in the official residence of Japan's ambassador. Within a few days, the abductors had set free most of the hostages, including the most valuable ones due to sympathy.

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