Tiananmen Square massacre
- Title
- Tiananmen Square massacre
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 3 Jun 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:17
- Description
- Tanks and armoured personnel carriers have rolled over tents and shot at demonstrators in a final push into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The dawn attack by Chinese troops on the square has come after seven hours of a military crackdown, which has left scores of people dead and hundreds injured. IRN’s Scott Simmie watched as the soldiers attacked. Female news anchor not identified.
- Contributors
- Scott Simmie
- Keywords
- Politics; Government; Armed forces; Violence; China; Demonstrations; Protest movements; Democracy; Beijing; Tiananmen Square
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