Huế Vesak shootings
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The Huế Vesak shootings were a 1963 incident in which South Vietnamese government forces opened fire on Buddhist demonstrators in Huế, killing and injuring civilians and intensifying the Buddhist crisis against President Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Huế Vesak shootings canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Huế Vesak shootings Context triple: [1963 Buddhist crisis, significantEvent, Huế Vesak shootings]
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Huế Massacre
The Huế Massacre was a mass killing of thousands of civilians and prisoners by communist forces during their occupation of the city of Huế in the 1968 Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War.
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Bus massacre of 13 April 1975
The Bus massacre of 13 April 1975 was a deadly attack on a bus carrying Palestinians in Beirut that is widely regarded as the spark that ignited the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Laha massacre
The Laha massacre was a World War II war crime in which Japanese forces executed hundreds of Australian and Dutch prisoners of war on Ambon Island in 1942.
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D.
Banda Islands massacre
The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
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E.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Huế Vesak shootings Target entity description: The Huế Vesak shootings were a 1963 incident in which South Vietnamese government forces opened fire on Buddhist demonstrators in Huế, killing and injuring civilians and intensifying the Buddhist crisis against President Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime.
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A.
Huế Massacre
The Huế Massacre was a mass killing of thousands of civilians and prisoners by communist forces during their occupation of the city of Huế in the 1968 Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War.
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B.
Bus massacre of 13 April 1975
The Bus massacre of 13 April 1975 was a deadly attack on a bus carrying Palestinians in Beirut that is widely regarded as the spark that ignited the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Laha massacre
The Laha massacre was a World War II war crime in which Japanese forces executed hundreds of Australian and Dutch prisoners of war on Ambon Island in 1942.
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D.
Banda Islands massacre
The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
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E.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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mass shooting ⓘ political repression incident ⓘ religious persecution incident ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Huế Vesak massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityInvolved | Huế NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
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Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| country | South Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 8 May 1963 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
intensified anti-government demonstrations
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self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| government | Republic of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentLeader | Ngô Đình Diệm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
ban on flying the Buddhist flag
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policies of Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime ⓘ religious discrimination against Buddhists ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| location |
Central Vietnam
NERFINISHED
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Huế NERFINISHED ⓘ Thừa Thiên Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | live ammunition fired into a crowd ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths | 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjured | 14 ⓘ |
| occasion |
Buddha’s birthday celebrations
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Vesak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposingParty |
Buddhist community in South Vietnam
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Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Buddhist crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
NERFINISHED
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South Vietnamese government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ local security forces of South Vietnam ⓘ |
| regionInvolved | South Central Coast of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionInvolved |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| result |
escalation of the Buddhist crisis
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increased tension between Buddhists and the South Vietnamese government ⓘ international criticism of Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime ⓘ widespread Buddhist protests in South Vietnam ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to erosion of U.S. support for Ngô Đình Diệm
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turning point in Buddhist opposition to Ngô Đình Diệm ⓘ |
| target |
Buddhist protesters
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religious demonstrators ⓘ |
| typeOfConflict |
civil unrest
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state–religion conflict ⓘ |
| victim |
Buddhist demonstrators
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civilians ⓘ |
| year | 1963 ⓘ |
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Subject: Huế Vesak shootings Description of subject: The Huế Vesak shootings were a 1963 incident in which South Vietnamese government forces opened fire on Buddhist demonstrators in Huế, killing and injuring civilians and intensifying the Buddhist crisis against President Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime.
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