Gando Massacre
1920–1921 massacre of Koreans by Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gando massacre was a mass murder committed by the Japanese military against the Korean residents of Gando (present-day Jiandao, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China), after the Hunchun incident.[1]
Not to be confused with the Kantō Massacre.
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Location | Eastern Manchuria |
Date | October 1920 (1920-10) – April 1921 (1921-04) |
Target | Koreans in China[1] National Army troops |
Attack type | Massacre |
Weapons | Gun, Japanese sword and bamboo spear[1] |
Deaths | at least 5,000 civilians[2][3] |
Injured | unknown |
Perpetrators | Japanese Imperial Army |
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The massacre occurred over a period of three weeks starting in October 1920, the day of the Hunchun Incident after the Battle of Qingshanli. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army murdered Korean civilians who numbered an estimated at least 5,000, and perpetrated widespread rape.[1][2][3]