Kumarapuram (Sri Lanka)

Kumarapuram (Sri Lanka)

Kumarapuram ( _ta. குமாரபுரம்) is a small village in Trincomalee district in Sri Lanka. The village was founded in 1981 by Kumarathurairef|1, after whom it is named. It was the scene of the Kumarapuram massacre in 1996.

Photos

* [http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11196 Pictures of Kumarapuram village]

References

*Note|1 [http://www.uthr.org/bulletins/bul10.htm Trincomalee District in February 1996: Focusing on the Killiveddy Massacre, UTHR(J) Information Bulletin No.10, Date of Release: 2nd March 1996]


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