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{{Short description|1973 terrorist attack}} |
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{{Infobox civilian attack |
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{{Infobox civilian attack |
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The shelling was an attack on a ] government-controlled schoolyard in ], ], ] on 30 August 1973,<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |date=30 August 1973 |title=New Vietcong Drive To Cut Saigon Link With Delta Reported |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/31/archives/new-vietcong-drive-to-cut-saigon-link-with-delta-reported.html |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> by ] forces. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in ] in the northern delta. |
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The shelling was an attack on a ] government-controlled schoolyard in ], ], ] on 30 August 1973,<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |date=30 August 1973 |title=New Vietcong Drive To Cut Saigon Link With Delta Reported |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/31/archives/new-vietcong-drive-to-cut-saigon-link-with-delta-reported.html |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> by ] forces. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in ] in the northern delta. |
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The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the ]." According to the U.S., 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1974-08-04 |title=Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ |url=https://www.archive.org/details/departmentofstatb7074unit}}</ref> The ] and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.<ref>https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=95660&dt=2474&dl=1345</ref> |
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The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the ]." According to the U.S., 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1974-08-04 |title=Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ |url=https://www.archive.org/details/departmentofstatb7074unit}}</ref> The ] and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message Text |url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=95660&dt=2474&dl=1345 |website=AAD Archives}}</ref> |
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