1965 Saigon bombing

1965 Saigon bombing
Location Saigon River, Saigon, Vietnam
Date June 26, 1965
8:15 p.m. (UTC+7)
Attack type Time bomb
Deaths 42[1]
Injured 80[1]
Suspected perpetrator(s) Unknown

On June 26, 1965, during the Vietnam War, a series of two bombings took place in Saigon. 42 people were killed in the explosions.[1]

My Canh Café

The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) in a floating restaurant "My Canh Café" on the banks of the Saigon River. 31–32 people were killed, and 42 were wounded.[2][3] Of the casualties, 13 were American, and many others were Vietnamese citizens.[3]

Second bombing

At the same time as the first blast another bomb exploded next to a tobacco stall on the bank of the river near the floating restaurant.[1] The blast killed at least one American woman.

Reference

  1. ^ a b c d "The My Canh Restaurant Bombing". Home of the Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility. http://phulam.com/mycanh.htm. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
  2. ^ Kocher, Matthew Adam. "Chapter III: War in the Hamlets: Human Ecology and the Vietnam War". Human Ecology and Civil War. p. 18. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/seminars/kocher_f06.pdf. 
  3. ^ a b "A Sailor Responds to the Bombing of the My Canh Café: 26 June 1965". Naval History Blog. Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy. June 26, 2010. http://www.navalhistory.org/2010/06/26/a-sailor-responds-to-the-bombing-of-the-my-canh-cafe-26-june-1965/. Retrieved January 21, 2011.