Ba Chúc massacre

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Coordinates: 10°30′N 104°54′E / 10.500°N 104.900°E / 10.500; 104.900

Ba Chuc Massacre
Part of Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Skulls of victims of the Ba Chúc Massacre
Ba Chuc Ba Chuc (Vietnam)
Location	Town Ba Chuc, district Tri Ton, province An Giang, Vietnam
Date	18 - 30, April 1978^[1]
Target	Vietnamese civilians
Attack type	Massacre, War crime
Deaths	3,157 civilians^[2]
Perpetrators	Khmer Rouge

The Ba Chúc massacre was carried out by the Kampuchean Revolutionary Army (Khmer Rouge) from April 18 to April 30, 1978 in Ba Chúc, Tri Tôn, An Giang Province, Vietnam. Of those who had lived in Ba Chúc, 3,157 civilians were killed.^[3] Only two survived the massacre. In addition, more than 200 people were killed or injured by land mines deployed by the Khmer Rouge upon retreat.

The attack was one of the events that prompted the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

References[]

^ "MEANWHILE: When the Khmer Rouge came to kill in Vietnam". International Herald Tribune. January 7, 2004. Retrieved September 4, 2015. Check |archive-url= value (help)
^ Huu Ngoc (May 8, 2005). "The river flows quietly once again". Vietnam News Agency. Archived from the original on May 9, 2005.
^ "MEANWHILE : When the Khmer Rouge came to kill in Vietnam" New York Times

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Ideologies	Communism Maoism Marxism–Leninism New People Year Zero Khmer nationalism Stalinism
Crimes	Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau Killing Fields Ba Chúc massacre S-21 Choeung Ek
Perpetrators	"" Pol Pot Nuon Chea Ieng Sary Khieu Samphan Son Sen Ta Mok Khmer Rouge Communist Party of Kampuchea Kampuchean Revolutionary Army Santebal Kang Kek Iew Mam Nai
Victims	Chau Seng Joseph Chhmar Salas John Dawson Dewhirst Hu Nim Keo Meas Koy Thuon Paul Tep Im Sotha Tiv Ol Vorn Vet
Survivors	Bou Meng Chum Mey Dith Pran Haing S. Ngor Vann Nath
Investigations	People's Revolutionary Tribunal Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Documentation Center of Cambodia Bophana Center

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