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1987 Lieyu massacre | |
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Part of Cold War | |
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Location | ![]() Donggang, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province |
Coordinates | 24°24′54″N 118°14′21″E / 24.41500°N 118.23917°E |
Date | 7 March 1987 | – 8 March 1987 (UTC+8)
Target | Vietnamese boat people |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 19+ |
Perpetrators | 158 Heavy Infantry Division, Kinmen Defense Command, Republic of China Army |
Motive | 3: Order of taking no surrender, 16 (?): Eliminating witnesses[1][2] |
1987 Lieyu massacre | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 烈嶼屠殺事件 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 烈屿屠杀事件 | ||||||
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March 7 Incident | |||||||
Chinese | 三七事件 | ||||||
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Donggang Incident | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東崗事件 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东岗事件 | ||||||
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Donggang Tragedy | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東崗慘案 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东岗惨案 | ||||||
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History of the Republic of China |
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The 1987 Lieyu massacre occurred on 7 March 1987 at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island ("Lesser Kinmen" or "Little Quemoy"), Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China (ROC) when soldiers from the ROC Army's 185 Heavy Infantry Division killed 19 or more Vietnamese refugees on the shoreline of Donggang Bay. Several Hoa families were also possibly killed.[3] The ROC military officially denied the massacre and defined it as an incident of "accidental manslaughter" (誤殺事件), hence referring to it as the March 7 Incident (三七事件) or Donggang Incident (東崗事件).[4][5]
Despite the ROC's attempts to cover-up the incident, the massacre sparked political outrage, and partially contributed to the end of the 38-year long period of martial law; it had been in place since the Kuomintang's exodus from mainland China in May 1949. The case remains under investigation.[6][7]
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