Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were a series of synchronized attacks on various Buddhist pagodas in the major cities of South Vietnam shortly after midnight on 21 August 1963. The raids were executed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under Colonel Lê Quang Tung, and combat police, both of which took their orders directly from Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother of the Roman Catholic President Ngô Đình Diệm. Xá Lợi Pagoda, the largest pagoda in the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, was the most prominent of the raided temples. Over 1,400 Buddhists were arrested, and estimates of the death toll and missing ranged up to the hundreds. In response to the Huế Vesak shootings and a ban on the Buddhist flag in early May, South Vietnam's Buddhist majority rose in widespread civil disobedienc
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Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were a series of synchronized attacks on various Buddhist pagodas in the major cities of South Vietnam shortly after midnight on 21 August 1963. The raids were executed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under Colonel Lê Quang Tung, and combat police, both of which took their orders directly from Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother of the Roman Catholic President Ngô Đình Diệm. Xá Lợi Pagoda, the largest pagoda in the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, was the most prominent of the raided temples. Over 1,400 Buddhists were arrested, and estimates of the death toll and missing ranged up to the hundreds. In response to the Huế Vesak shootings and a ban on the Buddhist flag in early May, South Vietnam's Buddhist majority rose in widespread civil disobedienc
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查抄舍利寺是佛教徒危機之一,包括1963年8月21日午夜在越 ...... 害或“失踪”者约有数百人。導致大多數信仰佛教的南越民情激憤。
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Xá Lợi Pagoda, the focal point of the attacks
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1963-08-21
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Estimates range up to hundreds
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Many Buddhist temples across South Vietnam, most notably the Xá Lợi Pagoda in Saigon.
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Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under orders from Ngô Đình Nhu
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Buddhist protestors
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Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
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Shootings, beatings, temple demolitions
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The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were a ...... n widespread civil disobedienc
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查抄舍利寺是佛教徒危機之一,包括1963年8月21日午夜在越 ...... 害或“失踪”者约有数百人。導致大多數信仰佛教的南越民情激憤。
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Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
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查抄舍利寺
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