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Mahagodayaya is a tiny village near Buttala in the Monaragala District of Sri Lanka, where 9 Sinhalese civilians were killed by suspected LTTE cadres in an incident known as the Mahagodayaya massacre.
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Incident
This incident took place on the 12th of April 2009 , two days before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year. A group of LTTE terrorists stormed in to the village at around 7.30 pm and killed 9 Sinhalese including a one and half year old infant and an 11 year old boy.[1][2]
Background
After the Sri Lankan Army occupied all the areas in the East which were under LTTE control, most of the LTTE cadres left the organization or fled to north. However, some fled to areas of jungle in the South-East of Sri Lanka. It is these LTTE cadres who were responsible for the massacre of Sinhalese in rural areas of Buttala and Yala. Mahagodayaya massacre is one massacre in a series of massacres perpitrated by LTTE in recent years.
See also
- List of massacres in Sri Lanka
- List of attacks attributed to the LTTE
- List of attacks attributed to Sri Lankan government forces
References
- ^ "Tigers massacre 12 civilians in Moneragala", theisland.lk. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.
- ^ "Number killed at Mahagodayaya is nine"
Categories:- Terrorist attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- Terrorist incidents in 2006
- Civilian massacres in Sri Lanka
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