Woo Bum-kon incident
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woo-bum-kon-incident-205-17784221
title:
Woo Bum-kon incident
text:
During the night from April 26 to April 27, 1982, South Korean policeman Woo Bum-kon murdered 56 people and wounded around 35 others in several villages in Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, before committing suicide when he was confronted by police. In the aftermath of the attack, several high-profile South Korean politicians resigned or were suspended, and a commission was formed to assess the handling of the massacre by the police. In 2024, a memorial to the victims of t
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1982 killing spree in South Korea
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon_incident
date created:
2006-03-21T17:47:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:37:25Z
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