Kebithigollewa massacre

Kebithigollewa massacre

The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on June 15 , 2006 when 60 people were killed as a result of claymore attack on a bus. The U.S and the SLMM claimed that LTTE was the perpetrator. However, LTTE claimed that they did not perpetrate this attack.

Incident

The Kebithigollewa massacre happened when a state owned bus was struck by two Claymore directional mines. 60 Sinhalese men, women and infants were killed as a result of this attack. The United States condemned the attack, noting: “This vicious attack bears all the hallmarks of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is a clear violation of the Ceasefire Agreement that the Tamil Tigers claim to uphold.” [cite web |url=http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=June&x=20060615115032ndyblehs0.351742&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html |title=United States Condemns Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Bus |accessdate=2006-06-15 |format= |work=U.S. Department of State ] .

The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission claimed that it was highly probably that LTTE or supporters carried out the Kebithigollewa attack. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5298470.stm |title=Military 'killed Lanka aid staff' |accessdate=2006-08-30 |format= |work=BBC News ] . However, the LTTE denies that they carried out this attack. They further claimed that they had nothing to do with this attack. [ [http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2007&c=LKA 2007 Annual Report - Sri Lanka ] ]

Related incidents

Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the

* Anuradhapura massacre - 146 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
* Palliyagodella massacre - 166 Muslim Civilians died
* Central Bank Bombing - 102 civilians died
* Kent and Dollar Farm massacres - 52 Sinhalese civilians died

References

See also

* Pictures of the killed civilians. [http://army.lk/moregal.php?id=47] [http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/588]

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


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