October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres

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Sri Lankan Conflict

Background

• Sri Lanka • History of Sri Lanka

Origins of the Civil War

• Origins of the Civil War • Black July • Human Rights Issues • Riots and pogroms • Attributed State terrorism • Prison massacres • Tamil militant groups

LTTE

• LTTE • Attributed Terrorist attacks • Child Soldiers • Attributed assasinations • Notable Attacks • Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna

Major figures

• Mahinda Rajapakse • Velupillai Prabhakaran • Karuna Amman • Sarath Fonseka

Indian Involvement

• Operation Poomalai • Indo-Sri Lanka Accord • Indian Peace Keeping Force • Rajiv Gandhi • RAW

See also

• Military of Sri Lanka • TMVP • EPDP • Notable assassinations This box: view • talk • edit

The October 1995 massacres were carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 29 countries including the US, Australia, EU, India and Canada due to its terrorist activities.

These massacres occurred at small villages in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka[1]. These massacres formed part of a series of massacres aimed at driving Sinhalese civilians from the Eastern province of Sri Lanka in the process of ethnic cleansing.

Contents 1 Incident 2 Related incidents 3 See also 4 References and further reading

[edit] Incident

During these massacres, 120 Sinhalese civilians were killed by LTTE cadres. The dead included men, women and children.Many of the victims were hacked to death with swords and axes. Some of the women were raped by LTTE cadres before they were murdered[2].

[edit] Related incidents

Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the

• Kebithigollewa massacre - 62 Sinhalese civilians died
• Gonagala massacre - 54 Sinhalese civilians died
• Anuradhapura massacre - 146 Sinhalese civilians died
• Kallarawa massacre - 42 Sinhalese civilians died
• Dehiwala train bombing - 56 Sinhalese civilians died
• Palliyagodella massacre - 166 Muslim Civilians died
• Central Bank Bombing - 102 civilians died
• Kent and Dollar Farm massacres - 52 Sinhalese civilians died

[edit] See also

• Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE

[edit] References and 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. (October 1, 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. (November 04, 2003). The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1
• http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/erc/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html