Hin Heup massacre

The Hin Heup massacre was the massacre of 14 Hmong civilians at Hin Heup bridge by Pathet Lao troops.

Hin Heup massacre
Part of Laotian Civil War
Location	Hin Heup bridge, Laos
Date	29 May 1975
Target	Hmong civilians
Attack type	Massacre
Weapons	Mortars, M16s, and bayonets
Deaths	14
Injured	100+
Perpetrators	Pathet Lao

Massacre

On 29 May 1975, about 10,000 Hmong people, attempted to cross Hin Heup bridge traveling to Vientiane. As the group crossed the bridge Pathet Lao forces open fire on the column using mortars, M16s, and bayonets. Many people jumped into the river to flee the firing troops, by the end of the massacre 14 civilians were killed and over 100 wounded.

References

• Fadiman, Anne (1998). The spirit catches you and you fall down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures. Macmillan. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-374-52564-4.
• Quincy, Keith (1988). Hmong: history of a people. Eastern Washington University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-910055-07-9.
• Tapp, Nicholas (2004). "Hmong Diaspora". In Ember, Melvin; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I. Springer. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-306-48321-9.