1987 Lieyu massacre
The 1987 Lieyu massacre occurred on 7 March 1987 at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island ("Lesser Kinmen" or "Little Quemoy"), Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China (ROC). ROC military officially denied the massacre and defined it as an incident of "mistaken killings" (誤殺事件), hence named it the March 7 Incident (三七事件) or Donggang Incident (東崗事件). There may have been more than nineteen deaths, including several families of ethnic Chinese Vietnamese.
| 1987 Lieyu massacre | |
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| Part of Cold War | |
| Location | Republic of China Donggang, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province |
| Coordinates | 24°24′54″N 118°14′21″E |
| Date | 7 March 1987 – 8 March 1987 (UTC+8) |
| Target | Vietnamese boat people |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 19+ |
| Perpetrators | 158 Heavy Infantry Division, Kinmen Defense Command, Republic of China Army |
| Motive | 3: Order of taking no surrender, 16 (?): Eliminating witnesses |
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| Traditional Chinese | 烈嶼屠殺事件 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 烈屿屠杀事件 | ||||||
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| March 7 Incident | |||||||
| Chinese | 三七事件 | ||||||
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| Donggang Incident | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東崗事件 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东岗事件 | ||||||
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| Donggang Tragedy | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東崗慘案 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东岗惨案 | ||||||
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