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1965 Saigon bombing

Coordinates: 10°49′32.36″N 106°43′52.6″E / 10.8256556°N 106.731278°E / 10.8256556; 106.731278
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1965 Saigon bombing
Damage to entrance to the My Canh floating restaurant
LocationSaigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates10°49′32.36″N 106°43′52.6″E / 10.8256556°N 106.731278°E / 10.8256556; 106.731278
DateJune 25, 1965
8:15 p.m. (UTC+7)
Attack type
Time bomb
Deaths42[1]
Injured80[1]
PerpetratorsViet Cong

On June 25, 1965, during the Vietnam War, a series of two bombings by the Viet Cong took place in Saigon killing 42 people in the explosions.[1]

My Canh Café

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The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) in a floating restaurant "My Canh Café" at Bạch Đằng Quay on the bank of the Saigon River. 31–32 people were killed, and 42 were wounded.[2][3] Of the casualties, 13 were American and most others were Vietnamese citizens.[3]

Second bombing

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At the same time as the first blast, another bomb exploded next to a tobacco stall on the bank of the river near the floating restaurant.[1] The blast killed at least one American woman.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The My Canh Restaurant Bombing". Home of the Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Kocher, Matthew Adam. "Chapter III: War in the Hamlets: Human Ecology and the Vietnam War". Human Ecology and Civil War (PDF). p. 18.
  3. ^ a b "A Sailor Responds to the Bombing of the My Canh Café: 26 June 1965". Naval History Blog. Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy. June 26, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2011.