Lushan Square Massacre
| Lushan Square Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lushan Square, Mirzak, Corumm |
| Date | 10 October 1995 5:00 PM |
| Target | National Strike Student Council |
Attack type | Government Repression |
| Deaths | 5000+ |
| Injured | 8500+ |
| Perpetrators | Corumm |
On October 10, 1995 in the Lushan Central Square of Mirzak, troops from the Corummese Armed Forces and BSP opened fire and killed thousands of student demonstrators. While the government struggled to destroy the Communist Party of Corumm and its armed wing, the emergence of a unified student protest movement was seen as a second front and existential threat that had to be contained at all costs. The Lushan Square Massacre alternatively called the Butchering of the Piglets and the 1995 Special Enforcement was a key event in the consolidation of power by the Party of Corummese Democrats, crushing the student protest movement and making it clear that peaceful opposition to the government would no longer be tolerated.
Background
The root of the conflict dates to the granting of broad administrative autonomy to the National University of Corumm(NUC) in 1986 by the NRF government. The granting of autonomy for the university was the product of a student led protest movement called the National Strike Council that organized demonstrations and walk outs that put pressure on the government. The university and student councils would then go on to become increasingly spaces of democratic debate that called for social, economic and political reform with varying degrees of success. The festerig of social and economic grievances coupled with the lack of legitimacy that affected the NRF government meant that authorities were unwilling to violently suppress the student movement for fears of it spiraling into a widespread uprising.