Kallarawa massacre
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Location | Kallarawa, Sri Lanka |
Date | 25 May 1995 (UTC+5:30) |
Deaths | 42 Sinhalese |
Perpetrator | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
The Kallarawa massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organisation which has been banned in 32 countries including the US, Australia, EU, India and Canada due to its terrorist activities.
This massacre occurred at a small fishing village called Kallarawa located on the Eastern seaboard of Sri Lanka. Kallarawa is located 35 kilometres away from Trincomalee town. The village was populated by migrant fishermen at the time of the attack. Kallarawa was known as an area which produces good catches for fishermen.[1]
Incident
The Kallarawa massacre is an incident on 25 May 1995 during which LTTE cadres massacred 42 Sinhalese men, women and children in Kallarawa.[2] All the remaining civilian survivors fled the village after this incident leading to its depopulation.[1] However survivors from the Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities have returned to Kallarawa under the protection of the Sri Lankan Army.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Sunday Times, Lighting a candle in the storm.
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Further reading
- Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
- Gunaratna, Rohan. (1 October 1987). War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
- Gunasekara, S.L. (4 November 2003). The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1
- EngvarB from April 2013
- Use dmy dates from April 2013
- Sri Lanka articles missing geocoordinate data
- 1995 crimes in Sri Lanka
- Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- Civilian massacres in Sri Lanka
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III
- Mass murder in 1995
- Mass murder of Sinhalese
- Terrorist incidents in 1995