Huế chemical attacks

When

3 Jun 1963

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

16.47° N, 107.58° E

Description

1963 tear gas attack in Vietnam

1963 tear gas attack in Vietnam

The Huế chemical attacks occurred on 3 June 1963, when soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) poured liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades onto the heads of praying Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam. The Buddhists were protesting against religious discrimination by the regime of the Roman Catholic President Ngô Đình Diệm.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Huế chemical attacks: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam rains liquid chemicals on the heads of Buddhist protestors, injuring 67 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “順化化學攻擊事件，南越政府軍利用化學武器在順化鎮壓市民和僧侶的佛教徒危机引起示威運動，67人受傷送醫。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page