Description: This is a UPI Press Photo with news item. Photo was taken in Seoul, Korea on April 19th 1960 of troops firing on protesting student.Photo measures 9" x 7". News item reads:4/19/60--Seoul, Korea: Police and R.O.K. troops fire at rioting student mobs here 4/19, killing many and wounding scores of others. Rioters were protesting voting irregularities & allegedly "fraudulent" elections. Pres. Rhee's government has clamped down by imposing martial law on Seoul & 5 other cities, indicating that violence was widespread. In background is the Capitol Bldg. UPI RADIOPHOTO On April 18, the protests spread to the capital, Seoul, where students from Korea University launched a non-violent protest at the National Assembly against police violence and demanded new elections. However, they were attacked by gangs funded by Rhee's supporters as they returned to their campus. On April 19 (called "Bloody Tuesday"), over 100,000 high school and university students marched to the Blue House calling for Rhee's resignation. Police opened fire, killing approximately 180 and wounding thousands. The Rhee government proclaimed martial law in order to suppress the demonstrations. On April 25, professors joined students and citizens in large-scale protests outnumbering soldiers and police, who refused to attack the protestors. Fast, safe and reasonable shipping with tracking.
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Antique: Yes
Image Orientation: Landscape
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Size: 9 x 7 in
Image Color: Black & White
Vintage: Yes
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1960
Theme: Around the World
Style: Photojournalism
Features: Press Photograph
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
