Mannar massacre

Mannar massacre can refer to number of incidents of massacres of civilians in the Mannar district of Sri Lanka since the 16 the century ACE.

• Mannar massacre of Catholics is a historic massacre of 600 Catholic converts by King Cankili I of the Jaffna Kingdom in the 16century ACE.
• 1984 Mannar massacre is the massacre of approximately 107-150 minority Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sri Lankan Army.^[1][2][3][4]
• 2006 Mannar massacre is the massacre of a family of 4 Sri Lankan Tamils returning refugees from India in the village of Vankalai.
• 2008 Mannar massacre is the mass murder of 17 Sri Lankan Tamil bus passengers close to the village of Madhu.

References

1. ^ "Note to the incident at St. Patrick’s:". UTHR. http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report1/Chapter1.htm#_Toc517801526. Retrieved 2006-03-26. 
2. ^ "Mannar human rights activist Fr Mary Bastian remembered". Tamilnet. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=10878. Retrieved 2006-03-26. 
3. ^ Brown(edit), Cynthia (1995). Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights. Human rights Watch. ISBN 1-5643-2152-5.  p.91
4. ^ Marks, Thomas (1996). Maoist Insurgency Since Vietnam. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-4606-7.  p.197

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