Event

Huế Phật Đản shootings: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak

8 May 1963 · 16.47° N, 107.59° E

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When
8 May 1963
Kind
Event
Coordinates
16.47° N, 107.59° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Huế Phật Đản shootings.

Summary

Huế Phật Đản shootings: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha, killing 9. Earlier, President Ngô Đình Diệm allowed the flying of the Vatican flag in honour of his brother, Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục, triggering the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

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