Palliyagodella massacre

The Palliyagodella massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 33 countries including the US, Australia, EU, India and Canada due to its terrorist activities. This was the largest massacre of Muslim civilians by the LTTE to date.

Incident

The Palliyagodella massacre is an incident in October 1991 in which LTTE cadres massacred 109 Muslim men, women and children in Palliyagodella [http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/5_12.htm] .The background to this massacre was the growing tension between the LTTE and the Muslim community. The Palliyagodella villagers had asked the Sri Lankan military for protection from LTTE extortion. The Sri Lankan forces issued shotguns to the Muslim villagers but these were inadequate to beat off LTTE attacks. Female LTTE cadres and child soldiers were involved in this attack [http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report11/chapter7.htm#_Toc516039377] .

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
* October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka Massacres - 120 Sinhalese civilians died
* Kallarawa massacre - 42 Sinhalese civilians died
* Dehiwala train bombing - 56 Sinhalese civilians died
* Anuradhapura massacre - 146 Sinhalese Civilians died
* Central Bank Bombing - 102 civilians died
* Kent and Dollar Farm massacres - 52 Sinhalese civilians died

See also

* Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE
* LTTE

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://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2006/09/060924_muttur_muslims.shtml

* http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/5_12.htm

* http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1405/MR1405.ch3.pdf

* http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report11/chapter7.htm#_Toc516039377