> This is contradicted by most accounts. IIRC, that discrepancy is accounted for if most of the bloodshed actually occurred near but outside of the square, whi

> This is contradicted by most accounts. IIRC, that discrepancy is accounted for if most of the bloodshed actually occurred near but outside of the square, which is reflected in the same Wikipedia article: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests#3%E2%80%934_June https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests...: > The earliest casualties occurred as far west as Wukesong....Several minutes later, when the convoy eventually encountered a substantial blockade somewhere east of the 3rd Ring Road, they opened automatic rifle fire directly at protesters.... > At about 10:30 pm, the advance of the army was briefly halted at Muxidi, about 5 km west of the Square, where articulated trolleybuses were placed across a bridge and set on fire. Crowds of residents from nearby apartment blocks tried to surround the military convoy and halt its advance. The 38th Army again opened fire, inflicting heavy casualties....As the battle continued eastward the firing became indiscriminate, with "random, stray patterns" killing both protesters and uninvolved bystanders....Soldiers raked the apartment buildings with gunfire, and some people inside or on their balconies were shot. The 38th Army also used armored personnel carriers (APCs) to ram through the buses. They continued to fight off demonstrators, who hastily erected barricades and tried to form human chains. As the army advanced, fatalities were recorded all along Chang'an Avenue. By far the largest number occurred in the two-mile stretch of road running from Muxidi to Xidan... > To the south, paratroopers of the 15th Airborne Corps also used live ammunition, and civilian deaths were recorded at Hufangqiao, Zhushikou, Tianqiao, and Qianmen.[116] > The killings infuriated city residents, some of whom attacked soldiers with sticks, rocks and molotov cocktails, setting fire to military vehicles.