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Seoul National University Hospital massacre

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Deaths
  
700 to 900

Date
  
28 June 1950

Perpetrator
  
Korean People's Army

Perpetrators
  
Korean People's Army

Location
  
South Korea

Attack type
  
Massacre

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Target
  
Medical personnel, inpatients and wounded soldiers

The Seoul National University Hospital massacre (Korean: 서울대학교 부속병원 학살 사건 Hanja: 서울國立大學校附属病院虐殺事件) was a massacre committed by the Korean People's Army on 28 June 1950 of 700 to 900 doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers at the Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul district of South Korea. During the First Battle of Seoul, the KPA wiped out one platoon which guarded Seoul National University Hospital on 28 June 1950. They massacred medical personnel, inpatients and wounded soldiers. The Korean People's Army shot or buried the people alive. The civilian victims alone numbered 900. According to South Korean Ministry of National Defense, the victims included 100 South Korean wounded soldiers.

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