Unlike Stockholm syndrome, where hostages develop sympathy for their abductor, Lima syndrome is the result of the abductor / kidnapper sympathizing with his hostages.
Occurred in the
Japanese Embassy hostage crisis of 1996, when members of a militant movement took hostage hundreds of people attending a
party in the official residence of Japan'
s ambassador to Peru. Within a few days, they set free most of the hostages, including the most valuable ones.
In The World is Not Enough, James Bond thinks Electra
King (
Sophie Marceau) has Stockholm Syndrome for her kidnapper /
lover Renard (Robert Carlyle). However, it turns out that Renard really had Lima Syndrome, and loved Electra deeply.