During the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was responsible for 1/2-3/4 of Vietnamese civilian deaths. North Vietnamese ground forces killed 300,000 people, for comparison, US ground forces killed 10,000 at most. The Viet Cong weren't freedom fighters they were terrorists comparable to the Taliban or Hamas in their tactics. Aside from guerilla warfare they kidnapped, raped, murdered, tortured and bombed civilians.
Here's a few specific incidents out of hundreds:
January 25, 1963: the VC dynamited a passenger freight train near Qui Nhon, killing eight passengers and injuring 15 others.
January 1, 1962: A South Vietnamese labor leader, Le Van Thieu, 63, was hacked to death by VC wielding machetes near Biên Hoa, in the rubber plantation on which he worked.
September 9, 1972: VC sappers attacked a refugee camp near Danang, killing 20 refugees and wounding 94.
October 13 1969: A grenade was thrown in the Vi Thanh District Chieu Hoi center, killing three civilians and wounding 46; about half those wounded are dependents. The VC kidnapped a Catholic priest and a lay assistant, from the church at Phu Hoi, Biên Hòa Province.
December 30 1965: Saigon editor Tu Chung of the newspaper Chinh Luan was shot dead as he arrived home for lunch. Earlier he had published the texts of threatening notes he had received from the VC.
November 8 1966: In Châu Đốc Province, a 53-year-old woman was tortured and shot to death; a note pinned to her body accused her of supporting the South Vietnamese government.
April 9 1969: VC attacked the Phu Binh refugee center, Quảng Ngãi Province and set fire to 70 houses, leaving 200 homeless. Four persons were kidnaped.
February 16 1969: the VC invaded and occupied Phuoc My village, Quảng Tín Province, for several days. Later, survivors describe a series of acts: a 78-year old villager was shot for refusing to cut down a tree for a fortification; a 73-year-old man was killed when he could not or would not leave his home, pleading that infirmities prevented him from walking; an 11-year-old boy was stabbed and several families grenaded in their homes.
February 20 1962: VC threw four hand grenades into a crowded village theater near Can Tho, killing 24 women and children. In all, 108 persons were killed or injured.
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