Members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(France)" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Guard (France)">French National Guard</a> under the command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette">General Lafayette</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_de_Mars_Massacre" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Champ de Mars Massacre">open fire</a> on a crowd of radical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_(politics)" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jacobin (politics)">Jacobins</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_de_Mars" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Champ de Mars">Champ de Mars</a>, Paris, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, killing scores of people.