Binh Tai Massacre
Details
| Location | Binh Tai village, South Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Date | October 9, 1966 |
| Target | Binh Tai villagers |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 29-168: 533 |
| Perpetrators | South Korean Forces |
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Binh Tai Massacre
Introduction
The Bình Tai Massacre was a massacre allegedly perpetrated by South Korean Forces on 9 October 1966 of 29-168 citizens in Binh Tai village of Bình Định Province in South Vietnam.
Investigation
The South Korean newspaper, The Hankyoreh, investigated war crimes in Vietnam and this massacre had first came to light from a testimony by an officer whom had overseen the killing.: 534 Colonel Kim Ki-tae, former commander of the Seventh Company, 2nd Marine Division, testified in The Hankyoreh that on 9 October 1966 about the event.: 529 Colonel Ki-Tae had reported he oversaw the murder of 29 men who were 'probably just farmers' alongside other civilians, and confirmed by the Hankyoreh's onsite investigation of events. South Korean troops 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.: 530 The testimony by Kim Ki-Tae had prompted other Korean veterans to testify about mass-killings. The massacre was discussed by the People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War in 2018.