The Korean Axe Murder Incident - August 18 2022

August 18th: Arthur Bonifas and Mark Barrett Kill (1976)
When tensions are high the smallest thing can become a trigger for violence. On August 18th 1976 two men lost their lives in Korea after trying to trim a 100 foot poplar tree turned into a full blown axe attack. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident, https://www.army.mil/article/193004/memorial_service_honors_victims_of_axe_incident, https://magazine.atavist.com/axes-of-evil-north-korea-dmz-tree-murders, http://www.legiontown.org/memorials/5934/barrett-bonifas-memorial-ceremony-2019, https://historyofyesterday.com/korean-axe-murder-incident-48f3e16e47b6, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/25/archives/rites-for-two-officers-slain-in-korea-held-at-west-point-and.html, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-18-mn-18219-story.html

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August 18th: Arthur Bonifas and Mark Barrett Kill (1976)

When tensions are high the smallest thing can become a trigger for violence. On August 18th 1976 two men lost their lives in Korea after trying to trim a 100 foot poplar tree turned into a full blown axe attack. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident, https://www.army.mil/article/193004/memorial_service_honors_victims_of_axe_incident, https://magazine.atavist.com/axes-of-evil-north-korea-dmz-tree-murders, http://www.legiontown.org/memorials/5934/barrett-bonifas-memorial-ceremony-2019, https://historyofyesterday.com/korean-axe-murder-incident-48f3e16e47b6, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/25/archives/rites-for-two-officers-slain-in-korea-held-at-west-point-and.html, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-18-mn-18219-story.html

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