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Sunday 30 March 2008

Slaughter of Sunday March 30, 1997




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On March 30th, 1997 the opposition Sam Rainsy Party held a peaceful protest in front of the National Assembly to demand justice in Cambodia. Four grenades were thrown into the crowd of protesters. 19 people (some reports put the numbers at 16 people) were killed and about 200 people were injured, some were serious. Sam Rainsy, the target of the attacks, survived with minor injury because one of his bodyguards used his body to shield him. That boyguard's body was torn into pieces. The attackers tried to escape, Rainsy's bodyguard gave chase but the chasers were stopped by Hun Sen's bodyguards who, for very strange and suspicious reasons, were deployed in the surrounding areas. The US FBI investigated the attacks and found evidences of the involvements of Hun Sen's bodyguards but the results of the invetigations were never released to the public. 11 years on, even with the assistance of the US FBI, the investigations went nowhere and eventually forgotten.
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