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 […]...
Udumbankulam massacre 19.02.1985
Udumpankulan and Thankavelayuthapuram are situated near the Thirukovil area in the Amparai district. On 19.02.1985, early in the morning, 85 […]...
Kilinochchi Railway Station massacre 25.01.1986
Kilinochchi town is a hustling business centre for the Kilinochchi district. It has a big market, a railway station and […]...
Periyapullumalai massacrein 1986
Pullumalai village had faced many atrocities by the Sri Lankan military. On 20.05.1980 the Sri Lankan military and its home […]...
Muthur Kadatkaraichenai 08,09,10.11.1985
All three divisions of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces attacked Mutur and Kadatkaraichenai areas by land, air and sea on […]...
Kanthalai massacre 09.11.1985
Kantalai is situated in the Trincomalee district. on 09.11.1985, Sri Lankan military went to the home of Mayilvakanam near Kanthalai […]...
Piramanthanaru massacre 02.10.1985
Piramanthanaru Village, Kilinochchi is an agricultural area and many people who have settled here came through a scheme set up […]...
Nilaveli massacre 16.09.1985
Nilaveli is located in the Kuchchaveli Assistant Government Agent Division in Trincomalee district. Nilaveli is 10 Kms from the Trincomalee […]...
Sampaltivu 04 to 09.08.1985
A major military operation was launched between 04.09.1985 and 09.09.1985. This operation was aiming to chase away the Tamils from […]...
Thiriyai massacre 08.06.1985
Thiriyai is situated in the northeast region of the Trincomalee district. On 08.06.1985, around 5.30am in the morning, Sri Lankan […]...
Narpitimunai Massacre – 17.05.1985
Narpitimunai village is one of the villages in the Kalmunai Divisional Secretariat Division, located at a distance of 3 km […]...
Kiliveddi massacre in 1985
Kiliveddi is a Tamil village in the Mutur region of the Trincomalee district. In 1977 it was annexed to the […]...
Kumuthini Boatmassacre 15.05.1985
For the people of Deft Island, located off the coast of Jaffna, the boat “Kumuthini” provided an indispensable service. People […]...
Valvai massacre 10.05.1985
Valvai is situated in Point Pedro region in the Jaffna district. On 10.05.1985, Sri Lankan military rounded up Valvai and […]...
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, […]...
Puthukkidiyiruppu Iyankovilady massacre 21.04.1985
Puthukkkudiyiruppu is situated in the Mullaithivu district 20 Kms from Mullaithivu town. On 21.04.1985, SLAFs from Mullaitivu as usual rounded […]...
Vaddakandal massacre 30.01.1985
Vaddakandal is situated in the Mannar district and it is a farming area. On 30.01.1985, around 5.00am in the morning, […]...
Mulliyavalai massacre 16.01.1985
Mulliyavalai village is situated on the Mullaithivu-Vavuniya road in the Mullaithivu district. It is an ancient village with fertile land […]...
Vankalai church massacre 06.01.1985
Vankalai village is in the Mannar district. The Vankalai church served the villagers of Vankalai. On 06.01.1985, at 12.30 pm, […]...
KokkilaiKokkuthoduvai massacre 15.12.1984
On 15.12.1984, Sri Lankan military entered the villages of Kokkilai, Kokkuthoduvai, Karunaddukerni, Nayaru, Kumulamunai, and Alampil in the Mullaitivu district. […]...
Blood soaked Mannar 04.12.1984
Mannar is one of the eight districts of the Northeast province. The main occupation of the Mannar people is fishing. […]...
Manalaru massacre 03.12.1984
On 03.12.1984, Sri Lankan military rounded up Manalaru area and fired randomly at the civilians. Civilians from Manalaru and Amaravayal […]...- 1
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