The following safety hints are aimed at providing a potential hostage or hijacking victim with practical advice.

DO’s

Do everything the perpetrators tell you to do
Try at all times to maintain your pride, dignity and self-respect
Try to remain cool and calm

DON’TS

Do not
at any time become panic stricken or hysterical
offer any form of resistance
become abusive and aggressive or lose your temper
threaten or provoke the perpetrator’s
try to be a hero
engage in an argument with the perpetrator’s
engage in any whispered conversations with the perpetrators
use foreign concepts of language, as this could arouse the perpatrators suspicions
make any demands