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.