Mungyeong massacre

Mungyeong massacre
Mungyeong massacre

North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
Location Korea
Date 24 December 1949
Target Communist sympathizer civilians
Attack type Massacre
Death(s) 86[1] - 88[2][3]
Perpetrator(s) Syngman Rhee anticommunist forces

The Mungyeong massacre (Korean: 문경 양민학살 사건,[1] Hanja: 聞慶良民虐殺事件) was a massacre conducted by a unit of the South Korean Army on 24 December 1949 of 86 to 88 unarmed citizens in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang district of South Korea, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were children and elderly people.[2][verification needed][1][verification needed][3][verification needed] The victims included 32 children.[1][verification needed] The victims were massacred because they were collaborators of communist marauding bands.[4][verification needed][not in citation given] However, the South Korean government blamed the crime on communist marauding bands for decades.[3][verification needed][not in citation given]

On 26 June 2006, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Korea concluded that the massacre was committed by the South Korean Army.[3][verification needed] On 10 February 2009, the South Korean general court decided that charging the South Korean government with the massacre was barred by a statute of limitations.[3][verification needed][4][verification needed][vague]

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