SOUTH VIETNAM: SEVEN KILLED WHEN VIET CONG GUNNERS SHELL GI/HP FUEL DEPOT NEAR TAY NINH

Record ID: 377020

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: SEVEN KILLED WHEN VIET CONG GUNNERS SHELL GI/HP FUEL DEPOT NEAR TAY NINH
  • Date: 23rd March 1972
  • Summary: FUEL DUMP BURNING AS VILLAGES LOOK ON GV and SV's Fuel depot burning as villagers look on. 26 ft Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th April 1972 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR TAY NINE, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA6L8D8JP9LB0VEH2HPIRN4QQDB
  • Story Text: Viet Cong gunners shelled a fuel depot near the big military base at Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon, on Wednesday (22 March). They killed seven people and blew up an estimated 143,000 gallons (650, 000 litres) of fuel.

    The fuel depot, on the western edge of Tay Ninh, is the headquarters of the 25th Infantry Division which recently joined & South Vietnamese thrust into eastern Khmer.

    A military command spokesman said the fuel depot was Hit during a shell attack. In a second attack, he added, five rockets hit houses near the base, killing the seven people.
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