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1965 Saigon bombing

Bombing in which 42 were killed

Field	Value
title	1965 Saigon bombing
partof	the Vietnam War
image	File:Damage to the My Canh floating restaurant.jpg
caption	Damage to entrance to the My Canh floating restaurant
location	Saigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam
coordinates
date	25 June 1965
time	8:15 p.m.
timezone	UTC+7
type	Time bomb
fatalities	31
injuries	80
perps	Viet Cong

On 25 June 1965, during the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong exploded two bombs in Saigon killing 31 people.

Bombing

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. Moments after the first blast, another bomb exploded on the riverbank as the survivors fled the restaurant.

31 people were killed and 42 were wounded. Eight American servicemen were killed in the blast and a further 12 injured.

References

"The My Canh Restaurant Bombing". Home of the Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility.
(21 June 2020). "Week of June 21—27, 2020:Bombing of the My Canh Restaurant; Saigon, June 25, 1965". United States Department of Defense.
Willbanks, James. (2013). "Vietnam War Almanac: An In-Depth Guide to the Most Controversial Conflict in American History". Simon and Schuster.
Kocher, Matthew Adam. "Human Ecology and Civil War".

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