Double Tenth Incident

When

10 Oct 1943

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

15

Coordinates

1.36° N, 103.97° E

Description

WWII massacre committed by Japanese in Singapore

1943 massacre in Singapore

The "Double Tenth incident" or "Double Tenth massacre" occurred on 10 October 1943, during the Second World War Japanese occupation of Singapore. The Kenpeitai—Japanese military police—arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour that had been carried out by Anglo-Australian commandos from Operation Jaywick.

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