Japanese troops entered St. Stephen’s College, used as a temporary hospital, and killed wounded soldiers and medical staff.

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The St. Stephen’s College massacre was a wartime atrocity during the Battle of Hong Kong in which Japanese forces slaughtered wounded soldiers and medical personnel inside a college that had been converted into a temporary hospital.

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instanceOf massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs St. Stephen’s College incident ⓘ
combatantSideOfPerpetrators Axis powers ⓘ
combatantSideOfVictims Allied forces ⓘ
commemoratedOn Remembrance Day events in Hong Kong ⓘ
conflict Battle of Hong Kong ⓘ
country British Hong Kong ⓘ
date 1941-12-25 ⓘ
documentedIn Battle of Hong Kong historical accounts ⓘ
testimonies of survivors ⓘ
war crimes investigation records ⓘ
followedBy surrender of Hong Kong on 1941-12-25 ⓘ
location Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

St. Stephen’s College ⓘ
Stanley ⓘ
memorializedBy commemorative ceremonies in Hong Kong ⓘ
plaques at St. Stephen’s College ⓘ
method bayoneting ⓘ
shooting ⓘ
torture ⓘ
partOf Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ⓘ
perpetrator Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
precededBy Japanese breakthrough of Hong Kong Island defenses ⓘ
relatedTo Hong Kong war crimes trials ⓘ
Japanese war crimes ⓘ
result death of medical staff ⓘ
death of wounded patients ⓘ
destruction of hospital facilities ⓘ
timePeriod Pacific War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
tookPlaceDuring Japanese invasion of Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hong Kong
usedBuildingAs temporary hospital ⓘ
victimNationality British ⓘ
Canadian ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Indian ⓘ
victimType medical personnel ⓘ
medical staff ⓘ
prisoners of war ⓘ
wounded soldiers ⓘ
violationOf Geneva Convention principles on treatment of wounded ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions

laws and customs of war ⓘ

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St. Stephen’s College massacre → description → Japanese troops entered St. Stephen’s College, used as a temporary hospital, and killed wounded soldiers and medical staff. ⓘ