Category:Ba Chuc Massacre

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English: The Ba Chúc Massacre was carried out by the regular soldiers of Democratic Kampuchea's army on April 18, 1978 in Ba Chúc, Tri Tôn, An Giang province, southern Vietnam. Of the 3,157 civilians who had lived in Ba Chúc, only two survived the massacre. The attack was one of the events that prompted the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea.
Tiếng Việt: Vụ thảm sát Ba Chúc xảy ra tại thị trấn Ba Chúc, huyện Tri Tôn, tỉnh An Giang trong cuộc chiến tranh biên giới Tây Nam năm 1978. Xã nằm cách biên giới Campuchia khoảng 7 km.
<nowiki>masacre de Ba Chúc; バチュク村の虐殺; massacre de Ba Chúc; Masakr v Ba Chúc; Masakr u Ba Chúcu; Резня в Батюк; ការសម្លាប់រង្គាលបាជូក; Thảm sát Ba Chúc; Massacre de Ba Chúc; Ba Chúc massacre; massacro di Ba Chúc; 巴祝大屠杀; Masaker sa Ba Chúc; genocidal massacre in Vietnam; 1978年にカンボジアとの国境から7kmほどに位置する南ベトナムのアンザン省チトン県バチュク市鎮で起きた国境紛争に伴う虐殺事件; Massacre perpétré par les Khmers rouges dans un village vietnamien (18 avril 1978); vụ thảm sát do Khmer Đỏ gây ra; masacre de Ba Chuc; Vụ thảm sát Ba Chúc; Nhà mồ Ba Chúc</nowiki>
Ba Chúc massacre 
genocidal massacre in Vietnam
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LocationBa Chúc, Tri Tôn, An Giang, Vietnam
Start time
  • 18 April 1978
End time
  • 30 April 1978
Number of deaths
  • 3,157
Map10° 30′ 00″ N, 104° 54′ 00″ E
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During the attack civillians fled to the temples. They believed nobody would try killing them in a sacred place. Yet,they followed them in and killed every last one of them. There was so much blood, it was up to a grown man's knees.

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