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The shelling was an attack on a [[Cai Lậy District]] government-controlled schoolyard in [[South Vietnam]] on 30 August 1973,<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |date=30 August 1973 |title=New Vietcong Drive To Cut Saigon Link With Delta Reported |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/31/archives/new-vietcong-drive-to-cut-saigon-link-with-delta-reported.html |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> by the [[Republic of Vietnam Military Forces]]. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in [[Định Tường Province]] in the northern delta.
The shelling was an attack on a [[Cai Lậy District]] government-controlled schoolyard in [[Cai Lậy (town)|Cai Lậy town]], [[Định Tường province]], [[South Vietnam]] on 30 August 1973,<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |date=30 August 1973 |title=New Vietcong Drive To Cut Saigon Link With Delta Reported |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/31/archives/new-vietcong-drive-to-cut-saigon-link-with-delta-reported.html |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> by [[Viet Cong]] forces. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in [[Định Tường Province]] in the northern delta.


It was an [[Artillery]] [[Bombardment]] on an [[Elementary school]] in [[Cai Lậy (town)|Cai Lậy town]], [[Định Tường province]], Vietnam in 1974 that the US Government called "the terrorist campaign of the [[Democratic Republic of Viet Nam]]" shelling an elementary school in Cai Lay on 9 March. According to the [[United States]], 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1974-08-04 |title=Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ |url=https://www.archive.org/details/departmentofstatb7074unit}}</ref>
The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the [[Democratic Republic of Viet Nam]]." According to the U.S., 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1974-08-04 |title=Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ |url=https://www.archive.org/details/departmentofstatb7074unit}}</ref> The [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam]] and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message Text |url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=95660&dt=2474&dl=1345 |website=AAD Archives}}</ref>

After that, the [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam]] and the [[South Vietnam]] blamed each other.<ref>https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=95660&dt=2474&dl=1345</ref>


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[[Category:History of Tiền Giang Province]]
[[Category:History of Tiền Giang province]]
[[Category:School massacres in Asia]]
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[[Category:Vietnam War crimes by the Viet Cong]]
[[Category:Vietnam War crimes by the Viet Cong]]

Latest revision as of 17:56, 13 June 2024

Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard
Part of Vietnam War
LocationCai Lậy District, Định Tường province, Vietnam
Date30 August 1973
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponArtillery Bombardment
Deaths32
Injured55
PerpetratorsViet Cong

The shelling was an attack on a Cai Lậy District government-controlled schoolyard in Cai Lậy town, Định Tường province, South Vietnam on 30 August 1973,[1] by Viet Cong forces. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in Định Tường Province in the northern delta.

The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam." According to the U.S., 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.[2] The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.[3]

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  1. ^ "New Vietcong Drive To Cut Saigon Link With Delta Reported". The New York Times. 30 August 1973. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ". 1974-08-04.
  3. ^ "Message Text". AAD Archives.
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