2023 Đắk Lắk attacks
| Đắk Lắk Commune People's Committee headquarters attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Montagnard and Terrorism in Vietnam | |
Members of the Montagnard groups that carried out the attack | |
Location of the incident | |
| Native name | Vụ tấn công hai trụ sở Ủy ban nhân dân xã tại Đắk Lắk 2023 |
| Location | Ea Tiêu and Ea Ktur police station, Cư Kuin district, Đắk Lắk province, Vietnam. |
| Coordinates | 12°36′46″N 108°06′52″E / 12.612838°N 108.114578°E 12°36′51″N 108°06′53″E / 12.614044°N 108.114688°E |
| Date | June 11, 2023 0:35 am (ICT, UTC+07:00) |
| Target | Ea Tiêu and Ea Ktur police stations |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shootings, terrorism |
| Weapons | Knives, swords, air rifles, SKS and M16 rifles, grenades, Molotov cocktails |
| Deaths | 9 (4 police officers, 2 officials, and 3 civilians) |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrators | Degar State militias |
No. of participants | 84 individuals, with 75 arrests |
| Defenders | Vietnam People's Public Security |
| Motive | Separatism |
| Accused | Terrorist attack towards civilians as a leverage for secession of Montagnard territories from Vietnam |
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On June 11, 2023, an unidentified group of dozens of individuals attacked the People's Committee headquarters of the Ea Tiêu and Ea Ktur communes in Cư Kuin district, Đắk Lắk province, Vietnam resulting in 9 fatalities and 2 seriously injured individuals. Simultaneously, numerous papers and documents were set on fire and destroyed. As of June 23, 2023, a total of 75 individuals have been arrested in connection with the shooting incident out of a total of 84 individuals involved. The Vietnamese government has referred to this as "an act of terrorism aimed at overthrowing the people's government."