Jeamni Massacre | |
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Location | Teigan, Suigen, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea) |
Coordinates | 37°7′34″N 126°53′37″E / 37.12611°N 126.89361°E |
Date | April 15, 1919 |
Target | Korean residents of Jeamni |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 20 to 30 |
Perpetrator | Imperial Japanese Army |
Jeamni massacre | |
Hangul | 제암리 학살 사건 |
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Hanja | 提巖里虐殺事件 |
Revised Romanization | Jeamni haksal sageon |
McCune–Reischauer | Cheamni haksal sagŏn |
The Jeamni Massacre (Korean: 제암리 학살 사건; lit. Jeamni Massacre Incident) was a mass murder of 20 to 30 unarmed Korean civilians by the Imperial Japanese Army on April 15, 1919 in Jeamni, Suwon, Korea, Empire of Japan.