Mungyeong massacre

Mungyeong massacre
North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
Location	Korea
Date	24 December 1949
Target	Communist sympathizer civilians
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	86[1][2] - 88[3][4]
Perpetrators	Syngman Rhee anticommunist forces

The Mungyeong massacre (Korean: 문경 양민학살 사건,^[2] Hanja: 聞慶良民虐殺事件) was a massacre conducted by 2nd and 3rd platoon, 7th company, 3rd battalion, 25th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division of the South Korean Army on 24 December 1949 of 86 to 88 unarmed citizens in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang district of South Korea, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were children and elderly people.^{[1][3][Source needs translation][2][Source needs translation][4][Source needs translation]} The victims included 32 children.^{[2][Source needs translation]} The victims were massacred because they were Communist supporters or collaborators.^{[1][5][Source needs translation][not in citation given]} However, the South Korean government blamed the crime on communist marauding bands for decades.^{[4][Source needs translation][not in citation given]}

On 26 June 2006, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Korea concluded that the massacre was committed by the South Korean Army.^{[4][Source needs translation]} On 10 February 2009, the South Korean general court decided that charging the South Korean government with the massacre was barred by a statute of limitations.^{[4][Source needs translation][5][Source needs translation][vague]}

See also

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Korea)
• Bodo League massacre
• Jeju Uprising
• List of massacres in South Korea

References

External links

• (Korean) 국가범죄 '문경학살사건' 항소심서도 패소 판결 CBS 2009-08-06