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Line 1: {{Infobox civilian attack | title = Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard | partof = [[Vietnam War]] | image = | caption = | location = [[Cai Lậy District]], [[Định Tường province]], Vietnam | coordinates = | target = | date = 30 August 1973 | time = | timezone = | type = [[Bombing]] | weapon = [[Artillery Bombardment]] | fatalities = 32 | injuries = 55 | perps = [[Viet Cong]] }} {{Campaignbox Vietnam War massacres}} The shelling was an attack on a The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the [[Democratic Republic of Viet Nam]]." According to the U.S., 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1974-08-04 |title=Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ |url=https://www.archive.org/details/departmentofstatb7074unit}}</ref> The [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam]] and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message Text |url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=95660&dt=2474&dl=1345 |website=AAD Archives}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cai Lay schoolyard, Shelling of}}
[[Category:1973 in South Vietnam]] [[Category:Collective punishment]] [[Category: [[Category:Massacres in the Vietnam War]] [[Category:War crimes in Vietnam]] [[Category:August 1973 events]] [[Category:Terrorism in Vietnam]] [[Category:History of Tiền Giang province]] [[Category:School massacres in Asia]] [[Category:Vietnam War crimes by the Viet Cong]] |