Kallarawa massacre

Kallarawa massacre

The Kallarawa massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 32 countries including the US, Australia, EU, India and Canada due to its terrorist activities.

This massacre occurred at a small fishing village called Kallarawa located on the Eastern seaboard of Sri Lanka. Kallarawa is located 35 kilometers away from Trincomalee town. The village was populated by migrant fishermen at the time of the attack. Kallarawa was known as an area which produces good catches for fishermen. [http://lakdiva.org/suntimes/981004/news2.html "The Sunday Times", Lighting a candle in the storm.] ]

Incident

The Kallarawa massacre is an incident on May 25 , 1995 during which LTTE cadres massacred 42 Sinhalese men, women and children in Kallarawa [cite web |url=http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/erc/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html |title=Sri Lanka Human Rights Practices, 1995 |accessdate=1996-03-01 |format= |work=U.S. Department of State] . All the remaining civilian survivors fled the village after this incident leading to its depopulation. However survivors from the Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities have returned to Kallarawa under the protection of the Sri Lankan Army.

Related incidents

Some of the major 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
* Anuradhapura massacre - 146 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

See also

* Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE

References

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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