Gando Massacre

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.

Gando massacre
LocationEastern Manchuria
DateOctober 1920 (1920-10) – April 1921 (1921-04)
TargetKoreans in China
National Army troops
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsGun, Japanese sword and bamboo spear
Deathsat least 5,000 civilians
Injuredunknown
PerpetratorsJapanese Imperial Army
Gando massacre
Kantō incident
Kanji間島事件
Hiraganaかんとうじけん
Gando massacre on Gyeongsin
Hangul경신간도학살사건
Hanja庚申間島虐殺事件
Gando massacre
Hangul간도참변
Hanja間島慘變
Gyeongsin massacre
Hangul경신참변
Hanja庚申慘變

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.

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