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Ganghwa massacre
The
Ganghwa massacre
(,
Hanja
: 江華良民虐殺事件) was a
massacre
conducted by the
South Korean forces
,
South Korean Police forces
and pro-
South Korean
militiamen
, between 6 and 9 January 1951, of 212 to 1,300 unarmed civilians in the
Ganghwa
county of the
Incheon
metropolitan city
in
South Korea
. The victims were collaborators with the
Korean People's Army
during
North Korean
rule. Before this massacre, 140 people were executed in Ganghwa in what is known as the
Bodo League massacre
in 1950.
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