Sancheong–Hamyang massacre
Sancheong and Hamyang massacre | |
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Location | South Korea |
Date | February 7, 1951 |
Target | Communist sympathizer civilians |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 705 |
Perpetrators | South-Korean forces |
The Sancheong and Hamyang massacre (Korean: 산청・함양 양민학살 사건, Hanja: 山清・咸陽良民虐殺事件) was a massacre conducted by a unit of the South Korean Army 11th Division during the Korean War. On 7 February 1951, 705 unarmed citizens in Sancheong and Hamyang, South Gyeongsang district of South Korea were killed. The victims were civilians and 85% of them were women, children and elderly people. The 11th Division also conducted the Geochang massacre two days later. The division's commanding general was Choe Deok-sin.
On 20 February 2006, the National Archives of Korea reported that files concerning the massacre had been found.
On 7 November 2008, a memorial park for the victims was established in Sancheong.
See also
- Massacres in South Korea
- Political repression in South Korea
- Political and cultural purges
- History of South Gyeongsang Province
- Massacres committed by South Korea
- Korean War crimes
- South Korean war crimes
- War crimes in South Korea
- 1951 in South Korea
- Mass murder in 1951
- Anti-communism in South Korea
- February 1951 events in Asia
- 1951 murders in South Korea
- Massacres in 1951