Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre
| Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh Massacre | |
|---|---|
 Quang Ngai province | |
| Location | Tịnh Sơn village, Sơn Tịnh District, Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam |
| Date | October 9 and October 10, 1966 |
| Target | Tinh Son villagers |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 280.[1] |
| Perpetrators | South Korean forces |
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The Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre was a massacre conducted by South Korean forces on October 9 and October 10, 1966, of 280 unarmed citizens in Tịnh Sơn village, Sơn Tịnh District, Quảng Ngãi Province in South Vietnam.[1][2][3] The massacre was conducted in two hamlets in Tịnh Sơn village.[1] One massacre was conducted in the Dien Nien Temple in Dien Nien hamlet, the second massacre was conducted in Phước Bình hamlet schoolyard.[1] Most of the victims were children, elderly and women.[1][3] The number of dead is given as 180 by Viet Nam News.[4]
The South Korean forces conducted similar massacres in Bình An village, Bình Hòa village, Bình Tai village and Tây Vinh village in the same year.[5][6][7]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh Massacre". Quảng Ngãi government. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gerassi, p.148
- ↑ "Massacre victims remembered". Viet Nam News. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "On War extra — Vietnam's massacre survivors". Al Jazeera. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ "Words of Condemnation and Drinks of Reconciliation Massacre in Vin Dinh Province All 380 People Turned into Dead Bodies Within an Hour.". Hankyoreh. 1999-09-02. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ↑ Armstrong, p.530
References
- Armstrong, Charles (2001). Critical asian studies, Volume 33, Issue 4 :America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam. Routledge.
- Gerassi, John (1968). North Vietnam: a documentary. Bobbs-Merrill.
Further reading
- Bulletin of concerned Asian scholars 7–8. Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars. 1975.
External links
- Binh Hoa Massacre Quang Ngai Portal