At least 12,000 non-combatant Chinese men, women and children met their deaths in these indiscriminate killings during the first two or three days of the Japanese occupation of the city.

• 只要看见有活动的中国人，他就会被打死。在日军占领南京后的头两三天中，至少有12000名非武装人员的中国男性、女性和儿童，死于日军的屠杀中。