What the records say
- When
- 1 Jul 1968
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 26.99° N, 111.27° E
- Description
- 1968 political massacre in China
Placed at the district its title names, Shaoyang County.
Shaoyang County Massacre
1968 political massacre in China
The Shaoyang County Massacre, also known as the "Black Killing Wind" Incident, was a massacre in Hunan's Shaoyang County during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. According to the official statistics in 1974, from July to September 1968, a total of 11,177 people were arrested with 7,781 imprisoned and 113 permanently disabled, while the death toll of the massacre was 991, including 699 who were forced to commit suicide…
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