Pottuvil massacre
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Pottuvil massacre is disputed event in the ongoing Sri Lankan civil war. It happened on Monday, 18 September 2006, when 10 unarmed minority Muslim civilians who were engaged in the clearing of a reservoir at Rattal Kulam in Pottuvil in the southern part of the Ampara District in the Eastern Province. All the men were aged between 19-35 three of the men were decapitated and the others shot or hacked to death by the LTTE.[1]
Initially a BBC report stated that some members of the community accused the Special Task Force of involvement in this incident.[2] The local Muslim population staged protests demanding the removal of the STF(Special Task Force) Officer and they questioned how the LTTE could infiltrate into an area carrying swords kill 10 people and then leave without the STF spotting them and no encounter between the LTTE and the STF took place.[3] Rauff Hakeem, the leader of the SLMC, initially wanted an international commission to probe the incident.[4]
However the sole survivor of the attack, Kareem Meera Mohideen, recuperating from grave injuries, identified the rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as the attackers. The LTTE tried its best, to wash its hands off the incident by blaming it on the STF.[5]
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- ^ SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW Weekly Assessments & Briefings Volume 5, No. 12,October 2, 2006. South Asia Terrorism Portal. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
- ^ Sri Lankan civilians found dead. BBC. Retrieved on 2006-09-18.
- ^ When will the war end?. The Morning Leader. Retrieved on 2006-09-30.
- ^ ‘Muttur must be a neutral zone’. The Morning Leader. Retrieved on 2006-09-30.
- ^ SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW Weekly Assessments & Briefings Volume 5, No. 12,October 2, 2006. South Asia Terrorism Portal. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
