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Massacres


Sampaltivu ­ 04 to 09 – 09.1985

Sampaltivu ­ 04 to 09.-09.1985 A major military operation was launched between 04.09.1985 and 09.09.1985. This operation was aiming to […]...
 
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Mathawachchi – Rampawa ­ September 1984

Mathawachchi is located south of Vavuniya on the A9 road. The village is populated mainly by Sinhala and Muslim people.Following […]...
 
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Nelliyadimarket bombing ­29.08.1990

Nelliyadimarket bombing ­29.08.1990 Nelliyadi is a small town in the Vadamaradchi region of Jaffna district. It is 3 Km from […]...
 
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Vayaloor massacre­ 24.08.1985

Vayaloor massacre­ 24.08.1985 Vayaloor is situated in the Amparai district. Valayoor, Sagamam was a colony of the landless poor who […]...
 
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Koraveli massacre 14.08.1990

Koraveli massacre 14.08.1990 Koraveli and Eechaiyadithivu villages are in the Batticaloa district. These villages are blessed with natural beauty and […]...
 
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Eravurhospital massacre­ 12.08.1990

Eravurhospital massacre­ 12.08.1990 On 11, 08.1990, Sri Lankan military rounded up the villages of Chenkaladi and Kiran and opened fire […]...
 
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Thuranilavani massacre­ 12.08.1990

Thuranilavani massacre­ 12.08.1990 Thurainilavanai village is situated in the Batticaloa district. On 12.08.1990, morning, Sri Lankan military from the Nilavanai- […]...
 
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Tiraikerny massacre ­ 06.08.1990

Tiraikerny massacre ­ 06.08.1990 Tiraikerny was originally a coconut estate of about 300 acres in the idyllic region of Amparai. […]...
 
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Poththuvil massacre­ 30.07.1990

Poththuvil massacre­ 30.07.1990 In 1990 hostilities between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE resumed. In the east the Sri […]...
 
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1958 pogrom

In 1956, peaceful portests by Tamils in Colombo, against the Sinhala Only Act that was recently in passed by the […]...
 
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