CIVILIANS STRAFED
Precipitate Attack CA’.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SAIGON, October 11. Military officials reported on Friday that Vietnamese Air Force fighters accidentally strafed a large group of civilians just south of Saigon on September 27, killing 30 and wounding 20. The attack was said to be a result of reports that a group of sampans moving on a river 30 miles south-east of Saigon was carrying Viet Cong troops. The report was proved false after an investigation of the casualties. The report that civilians instead of Viet Cong had been killed was made by the local provincial chief. The officials said the Vietnamese Air Force was taking steps to avoid a recurrence. Chinese and North Vietnamese radio transmitters have broadcast the last several days that up to 400 civilians were killed in the incident, which had not been reported in Saigon. Accidental strafing of civilians by Air Force planes happens constantly here, but the latest incident resulted in unusually high casualties. Friendly troops also are occasionally hit by accident.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30569, 12 October 1964, Page 11
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