6 October 1976 massacre
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title:
6 October 1976 massacre
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The 6 October 1976 massacre, also known as the 6 October event in Thailand, was a violent crackdown by Thai police and lynching by right-wing paramilitaries and bystanders against leftist protesters who had occupied Bangkok's Thammasat University and the adjacent Sanam Luang, on 6 October 1976. Prior to the massacre, thousands of leftists, including students, workers and others, had been holding ongoing demonstrations against the return of former leader Thanom Kittikachorn to Thailand since mid-
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1976 killing of student protestors by police and right-wing mobs in Thailand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_October_1976_massacre
date created:
2006-09-26T01:51:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T13:18:56Z
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