Huế Vesak shootings

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The Huế Vesak shootings were a 1963 incident in which South Vietnamese government forces opened fire on Buddhist demonstrators in Huế, killing and injuring civilians and intensifying the Buddhist crisis against President Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ
political repression incident ⓘ
religious persecution incident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Huế Vesak massacre ⓘ
cityInvolved Huế ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
Vietnam War era ⓘ
country South Vietnam ⓘ
date 8 May 1963 ⓘ
followedBy intensified anti-government demonstrations ⓘ
self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức ⓘ
government Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
governmentLeader Ngô Đình Diệm ⓘ
linked to: Ngo Dinh Diem
hasCause ban on flying the Buddhist flag ⓘ
policies of Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime ⓘ
religious discrimination against Buddhists ⓘ
languageOfName Vietnamese ⓘ
location Central Vietnam ⓘ
Huế ⓘ
Thừa Thiên Province ⓘ
method live ammunition fired into a crowd ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 9 ⓘ
numberOfInjured 14 ⓘ
occasion Buddha’s birthday celebrations ⓘ
Vesak ⓘ
opposingParty Buddhist community in South Vietnam ⓘ
Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam ⓘ
partOf Buddhist crisis ⓘ
perpetrator Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
South Vietnamese government forces ⓘ
local security forces of South Vietnam ⓘ
regionInvolved South Central Coast of Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: South Central Coast
religionInvolved Buddhism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result escalation of the Buddhist crisis ⓘ
increased tension between Buddhists and the South Vietnamese government ⓘ
international criticism of Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime ⓘ
widespread Buddhist protests in South Vietnam ⓘ
significance contributed to erosion of U.S. support for Ngô Đình Diệm ⓘ
turning point in Buddhist opposition to Ngô Đình Diệm ⓘ
target Buddhist protesters ⓘ
religious demonstrators ⓘ
typeOfConflict civil unrest ⓘ
state–religion conflict ⓘ
victim Buddhist demonstrators ⓘ
civilians ⓘ
year 1963 ⓘ

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1963 Buddhist crisis → significantEvent → Huế Vesak shootings ⓘ
Huế Vesak shootings → followedBy → self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức ⓘ
linked to: Huế Vesak shootings
Huế Vesak shootings → alsoKnownAs → Huế Vesak massacre ⓘ
linked to: Huế Vesak shootings