as it is known in Thailand, was a violent crackdown by Thai police and lynching by right-wing paramilitaries and bystanders against left-wing protesters who had occupied Bangkok's Thammasat University and adjacent Sanam Luang, on October 6, 1976. Before Following the massacre, thousands of leftists, including students, workers and others, had been holding ongoing demonstrations against the return of former dictator Thanom Kittikachorna Thailand since mid-September. Official reports indicate that 46 were killed (on both sides) and 167 were injured, while unofficial reports indicate that more than 100 protesters were killed. In the "October 6 Documentation" project, Thongchai Winichakul argued that the official death toll should be 45, including 40 protesters and 5 perpetrators, because one protester died in jail after the incident.
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