The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.

Korean axe murder incident

1976 killing of U.S. Army officers by North Koreans

The Korean axe murder incident, also known domestically as the Panmunjom axe atrocity incident, was the killing of two United Nations Command officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett, by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security…