Binh Tai Massacre
The Bình Tai Massacre was a massacre allegedly perpetrated by South Korean Forces on 9 October 1966 of 168 citizens in Binh Tai village of Bình Định Province in South Vietnam.[1][3][4]
| Binh Tai Massacre | |
|---|---|
 Quảng Ngãi Province | |
| Location | Binh Tai village, South Vietnam[1] |
| Date | 9 October 1966[1] |
| Target | Binh Tai villagers[1] |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 168[2] |
| Perpetrators | South Korean Forces |
Investigation
The South Korean newspaper, The Hankyoreh, investigated war crimes in Vietnam and revealed other atrocities.[5]
Colonel Kim Ki-tae, former commander of the Seventh Company, 2nd Marine Division of the ROK Marines,[6] confessed in The Hankyoreh that on 9 October 1966 South Korean troops airlifted by helicopters set fire to the Binh Tai villagers' homes and shot the villagers who fled the burning buildings. The raid had been ordered as a punitive action by the Division Headquarters as retaliation for the killing of a ROKA Infantry Major (Soryeong) and a ROK Marine Artillery Jungsa (First Sergeant) three days before by sniper fire.[1]
See also
- Military history of South Korea during the Vietnam War
- Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre
- Hà My massacre
- My Lai Massacre
- Bình Hòa massacre
- War Remnants Museum
- vi:Thảm sát Thái Bình, Feb 1966
References
- Armstrong, p. 530
- Armstrong, p. 533
- Armstrong, pp. 533-534
- Vụ thảm sát Diên Niên – Phước Bình + Tưởng niệm 45 năm vụ thảm sát Diên Niên - Phước Bình Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Armstrong, p. 534
- Armstrong, p. 529
- Armstrong, Charles (2001). Critical Asian Studies, Volume 33, Issue 4: America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam. Routledge.
- http://www.friva10.org