In the spring Đinh Liễn killed his young half-brother, the crown prince Hạng Lang; late in 979 the palace official Đỗ Thích murdered both Đinh Tiên Hoàng and Đinh Liễn in the palace.
Crime
Assassination of Đinh Tiên Hoàng and Đinh Liễn
- 979 CE
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