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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title      = Namyangju massacre
| image      = Gyeonggi map.png
| caption    = Gyeonggi-do, {{wipe|South Korea}}.
| location   = {{wipe|South Korea}}
| target     = Suspected leftists and their families<ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune20081206/>
| date       = October 1950<ref name=hani20080522>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/ISSUE/40/289110.html
| title      = 남양주 민간인학살 국가사과 권고 
| author     = Kim Sung-hwan
| newspaper  = Hankyoreh
| date       = 2008-05-22 
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
}}</ref><ref name=kgbnews20080529>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.kgbnews.kr/sub_read.html?uid=1024
| title      = 진실화해위, 남양주 민간인학살 국가사과 권고
| newspaper  = 경기북부일보
| date       = 2008-05-29 
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
}}</ref><ref name=kyeongin20080523>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.kyeongin.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=379485
| title      = 남양주 집단학살 58년만에 규명
| newspaper  = 경인일보
| date       = 2008-05-23 
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
}}</ref> &ndash; early 1951<ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune20081206/> 
| time       = 
| timezone   = 
| type       = Massacre
| fatalities = over 460<ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune20081206>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2008/dec/06/korea-mass-executions-120608/
| title      = Children 'executed' in 1950 South Korean killings 
| agency  = Associated Press
| author     = Charles J. Hanley and Jae-Soon Chang
| newspaper  = San Diego Union-Tribune
| date       = Dec 6, 2008
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
}}</ref> 
| perps = South Korean Police and local militia<ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune20081206/><ref name=hani20080522/>
}}
[[File:Map Namyangju-si.png|thumb|Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, {{wipe|South Korea}}]]
The '''Namyangju massacre''' ({{lang-ko|남양주 민간인학살}}<ref name=hani20080522/><ref name=kgbnews20080529/> [[Social:Hanja|Hanja]]: 南楊州民間人虐殺<ref name=hani20080522/><ref name=kgbnews20080529/> ''Namyangju civilian massacre''<ref name=hani20080522/><ref name=kgbnews20080529/>) was a mass killing conducted by South Korean police and local militia forces between October 1950 and early 1951 in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do district of {{wipe|South Korea}}. More than 460 people were summarily executed, including at least 23 children under the age of 10.<ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune20081206/><ref name=hani20080522/><ref name=kgbnews20080529/> After the victory of the Second Battle of Seoul, South Korean authorities arrested and summarily executed several individuals along with their families on suspicion of sympathizing with North Korea.<ref name=cbs111128>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/Show.asp?IDX=1987703
| title      = '고양 금정굴 민간인 학살사건' 유족에게 1억원 국가 배상 판결 "헌법에 보장된 기본권인 신체의 자유와 적법절차에 따라 재판받을 권리 등 침해"
| newspaper  = CBS
| date       = 2011-11-28
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
}}</ref> During the massacre, South Korean Police conducted the [[Social:Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre|Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre]] in Goyang near Namyangju.<ref name=Hankyoreh100209>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/403731.html
| title      = Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre memorial service
| newspaper  = Hankyoreh
| date       = Feb 9, 2010 
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
}}</ref><ref name=utsandiego20081206>{{cite news|url= http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2008/dec/06/korea-mass-executions-120608/|title= Children 'executed' in 1950 South Korean killings |agency= Associated Press |author= Charles J. Hanley |newspaper= San Diego Union-Tribune |date=December 6, 2008 |accessdate= 2012-08-30}}</ref>

On 22 May 2008, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission demanded that the South Korean government apologize for the massacre and support a memorial service for the victims.<ref name=hani20080522/><ref name=kyeongin20080523/>

==See also==
*Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Korea)
*Bodo League massacre
*Jeju Uprising
*Mungyeong massacre
*Geochang massacre
*List of massacres in South Korea

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://japanfocus.org/data/TRC2009Report.pdf Truth and Reconciliation Activities of the Past Three Years] Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea

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