:Dandong shooting incident
{{Short description|Shooting of Chinese citizens by North Korean border guards}}
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The Dandong shooting incident occurred when North Korean border guards shot dead three Chinese citizens and injured one at Dandong, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China on 4 June 2010.
Incident
On 4 June 2010, four Chinese citizens were shot on suspicion of crossing the China–North Korea border for trade activities. Three died and one was injured. Qin Gang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|秦刚}}), spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicized the news on 8 June.Nasdaq.com. "[http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201006080444dowjonesdjonline000123&title=chinanorth-korea-shot-dead-3-chinese-residents-at-border-friday Nasdaq.com]." North Korea Shot Dead 3 Chinese Residents At Border Friday. Retrieved on 8 June 2010.{{cite news |last1=McDonell |first1=Stephen |author1-link=Stephen McDonell |title=North Korean guards kill 3 at border |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-06-08/north-korean-guards-kill-3-at-border/859072 |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=ABC News |date=8 June 2010 |language=en-AU}}{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Edward |author1-link=Edward Wong |title=China Says North Korean Shot and Killed 3 of Its Citizens |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/world/asia/09china.html |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=8 June 2010}} According to South Korean media reports, the people shot were members of a Dandong smuggling group on a ship on Yalu River.{{cite news |last1=Watts |first1=Jonathan |author1-link=Jonathan Watts |title=North Korean border guards shoot dead three Chinese smugglers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/08/china-smugglers-killed-north-korea |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=8 June 2010}} Cross-border smuggling is a common occurrence since North Korea is short on commodities supplies.South China Morning Post. "[http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f84bc46f7819210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News SCMP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307115017/http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f84bc46f7819210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News |date=7 March 2012 }}." China protests to N Korea after 3 shot dead at border. Retrieved on 7 June 2010. The North Korean soldiers may have fired suspecting the Chinese citizens were South Korean spies after the South became more cautious due to the ROKS Cheonan sinking.{{cite news |title=北韓就射殺中國人事件作出解釋 願意撫恤死傷者家屬 |trans-title=North Korea Explains Shooting of Chinese, Willing to Give Compassionate Care to Families of the Dead and Injured |lang=zh-hant|url=http://big5.ifeng.com/gate/big5/news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2010_06/09/1603024_0.shtml |access-date=24 February 2024 |work=Phoenix Television |date=9 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720013547/http://big5.ifeng.com/gate/big5/news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2010_06/09/1603024_0.shtml |archive-date=20 July 2011}} North Korean authorities said they were willing to compensate the families of those killed so as not to harm China–North Korea relations.{{cite news |title=Chinese killed by North Korean border guards |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/asia-travel/china/chinese-killed-by-north-korean-border-guards-phnw9h3hpx2 |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=The Times |date=20 February 2024 |language=en}}