Tampalakamam massacre

Tampalakamam massacre

Tampalakamam massacre happened on February 3 1998 when eight (8) minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were taken to the nearby police station and shot dead by Sri Lankan police and majority Sinhalese home guards. The victims include a 13 and a 17 year old boys. [cite web|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA370021998?open&of=ENG-2S4|title=Amnesty International Report|accessdate=2006-01-06 |format= |work=Amnesty International.org ] .Later one of the accused in murder case was shot dead by unknown gunmen [cite web |url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=4577|title=Tampalakamam accused shot dead|accessdate=2006-01-06 |format= |work=Tamilnet.com ]

Incident

On the day of the incident about twenty (20) police arrested the victims. After taking the victims inside the police post they were shot at close range. The Kantalai police reportedly went house to house pressuring the families to write and sign statement stating that those victims were killed by the LTTE or that they were killed by members of the LTTE. Later a national television channel reported that six (6) LTTE cadres were killed at Tampalakamam . [cite web|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA370021998?open&of=ENG-2S4|title=Amnesty Internationa Report|accessdate=2007-02-28 |format= |work=Amnesty International.org ]

Result

The alleged police officers have not been arrested. They were instead transferred to Kantalai police station and are still on duty.. [cite web|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA370021998?open&of=ENG-2S4|title=Amnesty Internationa Report|accessdate=2007-02-28 |format= |work=Amnesty International.org ]

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