Trincomalee massacres in 1985
On 03.05.1985, 50 civilians were killed by Sinhala mobs and the Sri Lankan military in Mahindapura and Dehiwatta.
On 03.06.1985, 13 civilians were killed in a bus in Trincomalee. Thankathurai, a former Member of Parliament, aged 70 at that time, was an eye witness and the only survivor of this massacre. On 23.05.1985, eight civilians were shot dead by the Sri Lankan military in Nilaveli. More than ten people, from Anpuvalipuram, who went to collect fire wood in different directions, in May 1985 never returned home. Their bulls and carts were found later. They are suspected to have been killed by the home guards and the Sri Lankan military.
On 24.05.1985, 9 civilians were shot dead in Pankulam. Two civilians who went to Thehiwaththa to purchase items were also killed on the same day. A father and his 12 year old son who went to visit relatives in Kankuveli were hacked to death by the Sri Lankan home guards and the bodies were buried the Kankuveli tank.
On 26.05.1985, 40 houses and property belonging to Tamils in Poonakar in Echchilampattu were set fire. Two civilians who went hunting on the same day did not return home. Home guards in Allai-Kanthalai road are suspected to have killed the pair. On the same day, three fishermen from Kunikuda were shot dead by the Sri Lankan military while they were fishing. On 27.05.1985, a bus of belonging to the State bus service, CTB, was stopped at 52nd Milepost in Mahinthapura and 7 Tamil civilians including driver Pushparaja were shot dead and their bodies were burnt by the Sinhala home guards. Krishnapillai who worked at Echchilampattu Village Council escaped with gun shot and burn injuries.
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