Welikada prison massacre

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The Welikada prison massacre happened during the 1983 Black July pogrom against the Sri Lankan Tamil minority in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 53 prisoners were killed inside a high security prison^{[citation needed]}. No individuals have been convicted of crimes relating to these incidents.^[1]

1 Incident
2 Other prison massacres
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Incident

This incident happened in two different series. The first massacre happened on 25 July, 1983 where 35 Tamil prisoners were attacked and killed by Singhalese inmates. The second massacre happened two days later when Singhalese inmates killed another 18 Tamil detainees and 3 Prison deputys [2]. The prison is shaped as a Cross-with four divisions- A, B, C and D. A3 B3 C3 and D3 were all on ground floor. B3, C3 and D3 all housed Tamil detainees and A3 had dangerous criminals who were almost all Singhalese.