Pingdingshan Massacre
The Pingdingshan Massacre ( Chinese 平頂山慘案 / 平顶山惨案 , Pinyin Píngdǐngshān cǎn'àn ) was a by Japanese troops and police forces during the Pacification of Manchukuo on September 16, 1932 perpetrated massacres in the former village of Pingdingshan, today's street neighborhood Pingshan the municipality Dongzhou the city of Fushun in northeast China's Liaoning Province .
After the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo by the Japanese on March 1, 1932, revolts broke out across the country by various groups. One of these groups was the Red Spear Society , a brotherhood that had many members and great influence in the rest of China at the time. On September 15, 1932, a militia from this company crossed Pingdingshan Village and attacked some Japanese soldiers stationed there before moving on to Fushun City and raiding the Japanese garrison there. When the Japanese launched a counter-attack, the militia withdrew again through Pingdingshan. The Japanese considered the village to be a retreat for the enemy militia. As a result, over 3,000 local residents were rounded up and killed at the foot of Pingdingshan Mountain in southern Fushun. The bodies were cremated and all 600 houses in the village were set on fire. The site of the Pingdingshan massacre (Píngdǐngshān cǎn'àn yízhǐ) in Fushun has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-34) since 1988 .
In May 2006, the Japanese Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by three survivors of the massacre, who requested compensation of 20 million yen and an apology from the Japanese government.
See also
- War crimes committed by the Japanese armed forces in World War II
- List of Japanese massacres in China
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 41 ° 50 ′ 2 " N , 123 ° 55 ′ 32.2" E