ARVN uniforms killed a policeman guarding a bridge at Khanh Hung (Soc Trang), Ba Xuyen Province. While escaping, they threw two grenades, wounding seven civilians and two soldiers. November 30: the VC shelled Tân Uyên market, Bien Hoa Province, killing three civilians and wounding seven. December 4: A village chief in Gia Định Province was abducted from his home in Phu Lam by four VC and executed. December 7: Tran Van Van, Constituent Assemblyman, was assassinated by a VC while en route to the National Assembly. December 10: A VC threw a grenade into the Chieu Hoi district playground, Binh Duong City, severely injuring three children. December 10: A taxi on Highway 29, Phong Dinh Province ran over a mine. Five passengers, all women, were killed and the driver badly wounded. December 13: a bomb explosion killed three CORDS personnel and wounded nine who were attending a course at the Ca Mau school, An Xuyen Province. December 20: A VC squad infiltrated a hamlet in Quảng Tín Province, kidnapped a former VC who recently defected and executed him. December 27: National Constituent Assemblyman, Dr. Phan Quang Dan, narrowly escaped death when a car bomb detonated as Dr. Dan opened the door. Dan escaped with minor wounds but a woman passerby was killed and five civilians wounded. 1967 January 6: A South Vietnamese policeman in Tan Chu, Kien Phong Province, was shot and killed while members of his family looked on. January 7: An explosion destroyed a school and health station in Hồng Ngự District, Kien Phong Province. January 8: In An Xuyên Province, VC threw a grenade into the house of a hamlet chief. One of his children was killed and three other civilians were wounded. January 12: Three civilians were killed and three ARVN soldiers wounded in an ambush of a truck on Highway 14, 2 km south of Tân Cảnh village. January 15: At Thanh Tho, Quảng Tín Province, the VC shot a merchant when he refused to give them two oxen. January 21: VC forced their way into Buôn Hồ, Darlac Province, gathered the people for a propaganda lecture and kidnapped six young men. February 6: the VC raided Lieu Tri, Quảng Tín Province and abducted a teacher and a local official. The teacher was killed. A grenade was thrown onto the porch where the Kontum deputy province chief was entertaining a group of South Vietnamese officials.