 On 2 November 1963, the brothers were assassinated together in the back of an M113 armoured personnel carrier with a bayonet and revolver by Captain Nguyễn Văn Nhung, under orders from Minh given while en route to the Vietnamese Joint General Staff headquarters.Diệm was buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery next to the house of the US Ambassador.Upon learning of Diệm's ouster and assassination, Hồ Chí Minh reportedly stated