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Massacres


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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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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 […]...
 
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