Massacres
Saththurukkondan massacre 09.09.1990
Saththurukondan is a village in Batticaloa district. Sathurukoddan is not very far from Batticaloa town. This village comprises Pannichaiaddy, Pillayarady […]...
Nelliyadimarket bombing 29.08.1990
Nelliyadi is a small town in the Vadamaradchi region of Jaffna district. It is 3 Km from the Point Pedro […]...
Koraveli massacre 14.08.1990
Koraveli and Eechaiyadithivu villages are in the Batticaloa district. These villages are blessed with natural beauty and resources. Most of […]...
Eravurhospital massacre 12.08.1990
On 11, 08.1990, Sri Lankan military rounded up the villages of Chenkaladi and Kiran and opened fire on the villagers. […]...
Thuranilavani massacre 12.08.1990
Thurainilavanai village is situated in the Batticaloa district. On 12.08.1990, morning, Sri Lankan military from the Nilavanai- Kallaru camp rounded […]...
Tiraikerny massacre 06.08.1990
Tiraikerny was originally a coconut estate of about 300 acres in the idyllic region of Amparai. The ownership at the […]...
Poththuvil massacre 30.07.1990
In 1990 hostilities between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE resumed. In the east the Sri Lankan military, Sinhala […]...
Paranthan junction massacre 24.07.1990
Paranthan is in the Kilinochchi district on the A-9 highway. This town hosted a chemical factory in the past. The […]...
Siththandy massacre 20,27.07.1990
Siththandy village is situated 8 Kms north of the Batticaloa town. The village has an ancient and famous Hindu temple. […]...
Sammanthurai massacre 10.06.1990
Sammanthurai village is situated in the Sammanthurai Assistant Government Agent Division in the Amparai district. The village has large paddy […]...
Eastern University massacre 23.05.1990
The Eastern University is in the Vantharumulai village in Batticaloa. This is one of the 13 universities in the island. […]...
Alvai temple shelling 29.05.1987
Alvai village is situated in Jaffna district. The Muthtumariamman temple in Alvai is one of the famous temples in Jaffna. […]...
Thonithiddamadu massacre 27.05.1987
Thonithiddamadu village is situated in the Vaharai Assistant Government Agent Division in the Batticaloa district. This is a Tamil majority […]...
Paddithidalmassacre 26.04.1987
Paddithidal is a Tamil village and it is situated 10 Kms from Mutur in Trincomalee. The village is in the […]...
Kokkadichcholai 28.01.1987
Kokkadichcholai is situated in the Batticaloa district. Farming, fishing and prawn farming were the main occupations of the people. On […]...
Periyapandivrichchan massacre 15.10.1986
Periyapandivirichchan village is in the Madhu Assistant Government Agent division in Mannar district. The village has rice fields adjoining large […]...
Adampan massacre 12.10.1986
Adampan village is situated in the Manthai West Assistant Government Agent Division in Mannar district. This is a farming village. […]...
Mutur Manalchenai massacre 18.07.1986
On 18.07.1986, Sri Lankan military conducted a cordon and search operation in villages of Manalchenai and Peruveli in Muthur. 44 […]...
Thanduvan bus massacre 17.07.1986
Thanduvan is situated on the Mullaithivu-Vavuniya main road, 4 Kms from Nedunkerni, driving towards Mullaithivu. Thanduvan village is part of […]...
Peruveli refugeecamp massacre 15.07.1986
Peruveli is a Tamil village situated in Batticaloa, 1 Km to the right from the Mallikaithivu junction. The Peruveli Government […]...
Paranthanfarmers massacre 28.06.1986
Paranthan is situated in the Kandavalai Assistant Government Agent Division in the Kilinochchi district. Paranthan is a key town in […]...
Thambalakamam massacres 1985,1986
Thampalakamam is a famous village in the Trincomalee district. The main economic base of this village is agriculture. On 12.11.1985, […]...
Seruvila massacre 12.06.1986
Seruvila is situated in the Trincomalee 12.06.1986, headmen, employees, and 20 workers who were transporting relief food for the refugees […]...
Mandaithivusea massacre 10.06.1986
Kurunagar, Pasaiyur and Mandaithivu are situated off the southern coast of the Jaffna peninsula. Surrounded on three sides by the […]...
Kanthalai massacre 04, 05.06. 1986
Kantalai is situated in the Trincomalee district. On 04,05.06 1986, near the 4th Milepost, Sri Lankan Air Force and home- […]...
Anandapuram shelling 04.06.1986
Anandapuram is a small village situated in the Kilinochchi district. The main occupation of the people is farming. In 1986, […]...
Eeddimurinchan massacre 19,20.03.1986
Eeddimurnchan village is situated in the Vavuniya district. Most people in the village are farmers. In the 1970’s upcountry Tamils […]...
Vayaloor massacre 24.08.1985
Vayaloor is situated in the Amparai district. Valayoor, Sagamam was a colony of the landless poor who were settled in […]...