The shelling was an attack on a Cai Lậy District government-controlled schoolyard in Cai Lậy town, Định Tường province, South Vietnam on 9 March 1974. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in Định Tường Province in the northern delta.
| Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard | |
|---|---|
| Part of Vietnam War | |
| Location | Cai Lậy District, Định Tường province, Vietnam |
| Date | 9 March 1974 |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapon | Artillery Bombardment |
| Deaths | 23 |
| Injured | 32 |
| Perpetrators | Disputed |
According to the Saigon military command, 23 students were killed and 32 others injured.[1] The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam. [2] The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Associated Press (10 March 1974). "23 South Vietnamese Children Killed as Shell Hits Schoolyard". The New York Times. p. 16.
- ↑ "Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ". 1974-08-04.
- ↑ "Message Text". AAD Archives.