11
January - Kodikamam Hospital was attacked by Sri Lanka Air Force
helicopter in the Jaffna peninsula.
Some houses in the area also were damaged.
11
January - Sri Lanka Puccaro planes bombed Nedunkerni in the Mullativu District.
Many houses and tractors were damaged. A husband and wife, parents of four
children were killed on the spot. Harvested crops of tobacco and chillies were
destroyed.
07
January - Atchuvely Maha Vidyalayam attacked by a Sri Lankan helicopter. The
school was in session at the time of the attack. Many of the school buildings
were damaged. A bullet pierced the leg of a GCE (0/L) girl student.
07
January - Thondamanaru bombed by
Sri Lankan Air Force helicopters. The Veerakathipllai school building
was damaged.
05
January - Three women and an infant were killed in Thavady Jaffna. Their
bodies were torn and limbs and flesh were strewn all over by Sri Lanka Air Force
aerial bombing. Three houses were completely destroyed. Several other houses
were damaged. The Thavady Sub Post Office and the office of the Grama Sevaka
were also badly damaged.
1993
28 September
Bunker Massacre in Chavakacheri,
Jaffna. Aerial bombing on a bunker at Chankanthanai. 23 Ladies and children were killed in this incident.
Sri Lankan Air Force responsible for this killing
18 September
Aerial bombing killed 13
and seriously injured 40 civilians in Mathalan, Mullaithiveu. The Sri Lankan Air Force deliberately bombed a
public meeting in Mullaithivu.
02
January - 65 civilians crossing
Killali lagoon killed by a series of attacks launched on them by Sri Lankan Naval
gunboats. Many more injured. The passengers were travelling in a flotilla of
sixteen boats when they were fired upon in the glare of a spotlight.
1992
3 August 18 disappeared and several injured. Sri Lankan army
arrested 26 Tamil farmers working in their fields in the Karadiyanaru area.
9 were admitted to Batticaloa hospital with gunshot wounds, two escaped
with minor injuries. The whereabouts of the other 18 are still not known.
31
May - 6 refugees killed and over
125 injured.
A Sri Lankan air force plane mounted an attack on the Sri Durga Devi Temple in
Tellippalai, Jaffna. Bomber
aircraft and helicopters aimed grenades and barrel bombs at the Temple.
18
May - Vattrapalai Amman Temple
shelled, 15 people killed in Mullaitivu. Vattrapalai Amman temple was shelled by the
Sri Lankan army, the temple was packed with pilgrims for the annual Pongal
festival.
29
April - 80 Tamil civilians were
shot and hacked to death by Muslim Home Guards and other security forces in Karapola,
Polonnaruwa District.
14
April - A family of 8 Tamil
villagers were killed in Mandur, Batticaloa, by a group of army personnel.
1991
20
October - 15 people Killed in Kilali Lagoon. Sri Lankan helicopters bombed and
strafed boats carrying civilians.
12
June - Kokaddicholai massacre, 82
Tamils were killed by the Sri Lankan security forces, in the villages of
Kokaddicholai, Mahiladai Teevu and Muthalai Kuddah in the Batticaloa District.
Nearly 450 houses were looted and burnt. Some were burnt alive by the rampaging
armed forces. Many were barbarously clubbed and hacked to death.
30
March - 11 Tamil civilians killed, properties damaged in
lruthayapuram. Sri Lankan police officers went on the rampage in
lruthayapuram, burning shops and hacking to death 11 Tamil farmers.
1990
26
December - 4 Tamil villagers killed in Mandoor, Batticoloa.
Sri Lankan army shot and killed 4 Tamils in Mandoor, Batticoloa.
25
December - 15 Tamil refugees were
killed in Clappenberg, Trincomalee. The Tamil refugees from the
Clappenberg refugee camp were taken away by the Sri Lankan army. Never seen
again they are presumed dead!
21
December - Man shot dead in Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, by Sri Lankan army. He was a
villager from Pampaimadu, Vavuniya.
17
December - 3 Tamils killed in Aladivembu, Amparai. Special Task Force personnel
abducted these villagers and shot them dead.
17
December - 9 Tamils killed in
Valaichenai, Batticoloa. The Muslim
home guards armed by the government entered into the houses in Valaichenai,
dragged out 9 Tamil civilians and hacked them to death.
17
December - 5 Tamil villagers killed by Sri Lankan army, as they were grazing their
cattle, in Thanthamalai, Batticoloa.
14
December - 4 Tamil civilians killed
in Valaichenai, Batticoloa. TELO members tortured 4 Tamil villagers and handed
them over to Sri Lankan army in Valaichenai, Batticoloa. They are presumed dead!
10
December - 9 civilian killed, properties damaged in Kovilkulam, Vavuniya.
The Sri Lankan Army rampaged the village, burnt houses and bodies of
those killed.
10
December - 4 Tamils stabbed to death by Sinhala home guards in Palaiyadivetti, Batticaloa.
10
December - A man killed in Valichenai,
Batticaloa. Sri Lankan army, accompanied by the Tamil group TELO, abducted a man
named Seenithamby aged 32 and killed him.
09
December - A man killed in Batticaloa Town. Army and TELO members killed Letchumi
Kanthan, an employee in Bank of Ceylon.
07
December - A young student was killed in Kaluthavalai, Batticoloa. M.
Pakirathan aged 14 was taken by the army to camp in Kaluthavalai, Batticoloa. He
is presumed dead.
06
December - 76 Tamil civilians were
killed in Neelavanni, Batticoloa. The Sri Lankan army from
Neelavanai army camp along with TELO members, rounded up residents of Neelavanni
village. All of them taken to the army camp were tortured and killed. Tyres were
put over the dead bodies and burnt. Some of those killed were students.
06
December - An elderly man killed in
Sarasalai,
Jaffna, in aerial bombing by Sri Lanka air force plane.
K.Tharumaiah aged 60 was blown into pieces. Several other people were
injured.
06
December - 2 villagers killed in 33rd Village, Batticoloa.
T. Krishnapillai and Y. Sivalingam were shot dead by the Sri Lankan Army
when they went into the forests surrounding the village.
01
December - 2 fishermen killed in Mandaitivu, Jaffna.
Pragasam Rajendram and Rajappu Francis were shot dead by the Sri Lankan
navy while fishing in the sea.
01
December - 1 killed and 1 raped and killed in Batticaloa. Sri Lankan army
soldiers rounded the villagers of Arayampathy and killed a youth named Sundaram
Prabakaran aged 25. Several other people were taken to Kaluvanchikudy army camp.
In another incident a girl named Nallathamby Anusia was raped and killed by the
Tamil group (TELO) which collaborates with the Sri Lankan army. Her body was
thrown into a river.
01
December - A young girl killed in Chavakachcheri, Jaffna, when Sri Lanka air force
planes bombarded the area. She was named Meena aged 22. In two other aerial
bombardments, a woman named Vijayaletsumi aged 55 was killed in Alaveddy and 8
others injured in Thirunelvely.
27
December - 9 killed in Oddisuddan. Several
Sri Lanka Airforce bomber planes bombarded Oddisuddan killing civilians.
23
November - 4 killed, 3 disappeared in
Batticaloa.
Army arrested 15 villagers. One Tamil youth and a woman were killed on the spot.
The fate of 3 persons taken to army camp is not known. In another
incident in Aithiyamalai, the Sri Lankan army entered into a church, forcibly
took away 2 Tamil refugees and shot dead them.
12
November 6 refugees killed in Analaitivu, Jaffna. A boat carrying 42 refugees to
India was attacked by the Sri Lanka navy near Analaitivu. 4 refugees were killed
inside the boat. The Sri Lanka Navy captured the boat and brought it to the
shore. 2 more persons died, succumbing to their injuires.
30
October - Civilians killed in Kalladdy, Batticoloa. In the villages, Kallady, Aryampathy, Thalankuda, Kirankulam,
Puthikutiyiruppu, the Sri Lanka Army and Muslim homeguards rounded up the
villagers and took the Tamil men to Arayampathy army camp. The men were tortured
and brutally murdered. Their bodies were burnt with the tyres put over them.
29
October - 3 killed in Kokatticholai,
Batticoloa. Sri Lanka army soldiers
from Kathankudi army camp fired at a ferry carrying civilians from
Kokattichcholai to Manmunai, killing two people. Three houses were also
destroyed. On the same day another woman aged 65 of Kulakarai veethi was killed
by aerial bombardment. 2 houses were destroyed.
25
October - 25 refugees brutally
killed by army in Clappenberg, Trincomalee.
Sri Lankan army entered into the Clappenberg refugee camp in Trincomalee
and brutally killed refugees.
20
October - 6 killed of whom one
raped
in, Batticaloa district. Sri Lanka
army soldiers rounded-up the village of Kirankulam and arrested more than 100
and shot dead 4 villagers. In another incident in Thalavai village, the Sri
Lanka army rampaged the village. One woman Kalikutty Indra was raped and killed.
A fisherman was also brutally murdered.
19
October - A man shot dead by Sri
Lankan security forces in Chetipalayam, Amparai. The army entered into the
village of Amparai and shot dead a villager, Sichchaipillai Natkunaraja
aged 30.
16
October 7 killed in Semmalai, Mullaitivu.
7 boats carrying refugees set out from Thiriyai in Trincomalee to
Mullaitivu. The boats were attacked by Naval gun boats. One boat capsized. 4
men, 2 women and a small boy died. One escaper swam to the shore. The fate of
the other 6 boats is not known.
15
October - A refugee woman was killed, 4 injured
in Kaluthavalai, Batticoloa. A
boat carrying refugees going from Kaluthavalai to Palukamam was attacked by a
artillery shell fired from Kaluthavalai army camp. A woman, named
Kanapathippilai Puranam aged 45 from Chetipalayam died. 4 refugees injured.
14
October - A woman killed and 10 others injured in Thirunelvely, Jaffna.
Sri Lanka air force planes dropped 2 bombs on a crowded market place. A
woman called Rajeswary aged 31, died on the spot. 10 civilians were seriously
injured
13
October - 3 people killed, 5 injured in Uddupiddi, Jaffna. A Sri Lanka air force plane bombed Udupiddy junction.
13
October - A civilian killed in Naavaladi, Batticoloa. Sri Lanka Army rounded up
the village of Naavaladi in Batticoloa, shot dead a civilian, put tyres on the
body and burnt it.
12
October - 1 killed
in Kondavil, Jaffna. Two
artillery shells fired from Palaly army camp fell on Kondavil. A man aged 35
from Innuvil was killed while riding a bicycle
11
October - A man killed, 3 injured in
Valvettiturai, Jaffna. An artillery
shell fired from Pallaly army camp fell in front of Ranjana Cinema theatre.
Rasaiah Balasingam, age 60 died on the spot. 3 injured.
09
October - 10 killed in Chavakechcheri, Jaffna. A Sri Lanka air force helicopter
fired rockets on the Chavakechcheri market. Another 17 civilians were injured.
08
October - A fisherman killed in Thirukovil, Amparai. The army fired on 3 fishermen who
went to sea fishing. 2 escaped and one was killed in rifle fire.
07
October - 52 Tamil civilians killed in
Vantharumulai,
Amparai. 52 Tamil civilians
including several women and children were killed by Sri Lankan military
personnel in Vantharumulai, Amparai. 40 dead bodies of men and women were found
inside the wells in the area around Vantharumulai University refugee camp. Those
who went to their villages from the refugee camp to see their houses and have a
bath were killed and thrown into the wells. The bodies had deep wounds inflicted
by knives. The bodies of young women showed they had been raped. After the
refugees evacuated the Vandarumulai University refugee camp, 12 dead bodies of
Tamil civilians were found inside the University premises.
07
October - A man shot dead in Thirukovil, Amparai. 4 Tamil men were taken away
by the army. One was shot dead and the other 3 were kept in detention.
05
October - A man killed in Unnichchai, Batticoloa. Sri Lankan army shot dead an
innocent civilian named Arunalsalam Selvaratnam.
01
October - Body of a man washed ashore in Thirukovil, Amparai. Later it was
identified as a Tamil man from Thirukovil in the Amparai district.
30
September - 6 killed
in Akkaraipattu, Amparai. The army
rounded up a village called Panankadu and shot dead 2 Tamil civilians on the
spot and burnt the bodies. In another incident, on the beach near the 40th mile
post army camp, 4 dead bodies of men were found. Because of mutilation their
identities were not established.
29
September - 3 killed by Sri Lanka army in Kurinchamunai, Batticoloa.
29
September - 2 hacked to dead by Sri Lankan Army in
Vinayagapuram, Amparai.
27
September - 2 killed by army in Kurrinchamunai, Batticoloa.
Two Tamil civilians Maanikkam Kanthakuddy aged 29, Sinnathamby Arumugam
aged 53 both from Pillayar Kovilady, Kurrinchamunai, Batticoloa were shot dead
by the army
26
September - 50 Tamil civilians arrested by Sri Lanka Army were disappeared
in Thambiluvil, Amparai. They are presumed dead!
26
September - 3 bodies of fishermen washed ashore
in Vinnayakapuram, Amparai, with cut wounds. Another one person was shot dead by
the army on the same day in Vinnayakapuram, Amparai.
24
September - 4 civilians arrested by Army in Ayyathimalai, Batticoloa.
They are presumed dead!
24
September - 16 civilians hacked to death in Puthukudirupu, Batticoloa.
16 civilians including children and women
were hacked to death by STF(Special Task Force) commandos and Muslim
homeguards in Puthukudirupu, Batticoloa. Another 17 injured.
23
September - 2 people killed in
aerial bombardment in Jaffna town.
23
September - A civilian was killed
in Thirukkovil, Batticoloa. The Civilian named Manoharan from
Thirukkovil, Batticoloa was taken by Sri Lankan Army to army camp and was shot
dead.
22
September - 2 people killed and 5 injured in Naavalar Road, Jaffna.
Two people were killed and another 5 civilians were injured by Sri Lanka
air force aerial bombardment.
22
September - 35 villagers including women and children were hacked to death in Thallavai,
Batticaloa by Sri Lankan Army and Muslim homeguards. Their bodies were burnt to
ashes.
21
September - 25 civilians arrested by special Task Forces in
Karaitheevu, Batticoloa.
17
September - 35 shot dead by Sri Lanka Army and Muslim
homeguard in Sorikalmunai, Batticaloa. Sri Lankan Army and Muslim
homeguards surrounded the village of Sorikalmunai and took away the Tamil youths
to Savalakkaddi army camp. Later all of them were shot dead.
16
September - 28 killed and over 60 injured, in an aerial bombing over
the entire Jaffna peninsula by Sri Lankan Airforce bomber planes. Several
buildings and other properties were badly damaged.
15
September - 4 killed in Muthur. Tamil refugees were shot dead by the Sri
Lankan army inside Pallikkuddiyiruppu refugee camp in Muthur.
14
September - A youth killed
in Thopur, Muthur. Motor shell fired
from the Trincomalee army camp fell inside the Pallikudiyiruppu refugee camp.
Vairamuththu Malar, 12 year old girl was killed and 3 people were injured.
13
September - 28 killed in indiscriminate aerial bombing in Jaffna
Peninsula by air force planes and helicopters. More than 60 were seriously
injured and 28 killed. Several buildings and houses were also destroyed.
10
September - Massacre 184 Tamils in Saththurukondan. Over
180 Tamil Ladies, elders and
children were butchered by the Sri Lanka army at the Saththurukondan Army Camp
in the Batticaloa District. At an inquiry into the massacre, the
Officer‑in‑Charge of the camp, Captain. Gamini Varnakula Sooriya
said "On that day no search or arrest was conducted by us". The sole
survivor of the massacre, Kanthasamy Krishnakumar aged 27, however recounted the
chilling facts. A. M. W. Senivaratne of STF (Special Task Force) is responsible
for this massacre
07
September A civilian killed in Thalankodai. Chathrukan
Akasthian was arrested and shot
dead by the Army.
05 September -
Vantharumualai University massacre in Batticaloa. 159 Ladies, elders and
children were kidnapped and hacked to death in this incident. P. A. Karunatilaga
is responsible for this massacre.
05
September 3 killed and 5 girls raped and killed.
Sri Lankan army arrested and shot dead three people in Thalankodi and
raped and killed five girls in Pullumalai. The girlsÌ bodies were later found
in a well.
05
September - 10 killed in Kallaru.
Sri Lankan Army rounded up the village of Kallaru and took 10 Tamil
refugees from Pandiruppu, to the Neelavanai army camp and shot
them dead.
04
September - 2 youths tortured and killed in Pallikudiyiruppu. Youths
from Pallikudiyiruppu refugee camp were taken by Sri Lankan Army to Thoppur
camp, tortured and killed. The youths were identified as Pathinikunjan, aged 18
and Kalirasa Sellan, aged 22.
02
September - 3 women shot dead in Vandaarumullai. The
Sri Lankan Army shot dead 3 women inside the University refugee camp.
01
September - 3 civilians killed in
Valvettiturai, in
an aerial bombing in the village of Nediyakaadu.
27
August - 3 women killed by bombardment in Kopay, Jaffna.
24
August - 4 refugees killed in a boat in Keratheevu. Boat carrying refugees was attacked by the Sri
Lankan Air force helicopter.
22
August - 10 refugees killed in Thambalaakamam, Trincomalee.
Refugees who went out of refugee camp were brutally killed by the Sri
Lankan army.
21
August - 25 killed in Jaffna peninsula. In
an aerial bombing by the Sri Lankan Airforce, civilians were killed and several
buildings and properties were badly damaged.
21
August 10 killed in Eravur. The Sri Lankan Army and Muslim home guards have
killed innocent civilians and University students.
20
August - 11 killed in Atcuveli, Jaffna peninsula. 11 civilians killed and 10 injured in an aerial bombardment
by Sri Lankan Air Force planes.
19
August - 3 killed by Sri Lankan Army and Muslim homeguards in
Kannakipuram.
18
August - 20 killed in Sorikalmunai.
Muslims home guards shot dead 20 civilians. Another 10 children below the
age of 5 months were brutally killed. Their heads were smashed against a Temple
wall.
18
August - 91 massacred in Veeramunai. Sinhala
homeguards supported by Sri Lankan soldiers entered into this village and
massacred 91 Tamil civilians. This
includes several children under the age of 15 and women. More than 125 people
were injured in this brutal incident.
17
August - 3 killed and 7 injured in Nallur, Jaffna by aerial bombardment.
17
August - An American Jesuit Rev. E.J.Hebert killed in Batticaloa. An American
Jesuit Rev. E.J.Hebert was killed by Muslim homeguards for helping Tamil
refugees at a place called Sithandy.
17
August - 14 killed in Muthur. In
the village of Muthur, 14 people were shot dead. 3 women among them were raped
before being killed by the Sri Lankan army.
15
August - 90 killed in Senkallady. 90
civilians were shot and hacked to death by Muslim homeguards supported by Sri
Lankan army. The Muslim thugs went into the homes and massacred them. There were
several children and women among the dead.
12
August - 95 hacked to death in Thuraineelavanai.
Tamil civilians including several children and women were hacked to
death, at least 5 were burnt alive by Sri Lankan army and Muslim homeguards.
12
August 8 killed in Amparai. Muslim policemen and homeguards ran amok in a Tamil
village, killing at least 8 civilians. Surviving residents of the "4th
colony" village, Amparai district, fled the area. The 4th Colony has been
sealed off by members of the Special Task Force, a police commando unit, which
controls the area where the massacre took place.
09
August - 16 killed in Mamadu Kovilkulam, 9th mile post and another 8
Tamil Civilians killed by aerial bombardment near main railway station in
Jaffna.
08
August - 75 hacked to death in Trincomalee. 75 refugees travelling on three boats were hacked to death by
army and Muslim homeguards in the Trincomalee.
07
August - 47 killed in Erakanni.
Tamil civilians were hacked to death
by Muslim home guards.
14
July - 10 Bodies found in Batticaloa town.
ÏHundreds of thousands of people fled their homes as fighting
intensified. In early August there were over 300,000 refugees in Jaffna District
alone, and fears of food shortagesÓ. (AI Report, 10 July 1990)
09
July - 19 killed in Batticaloa The bodies of civilians killed by STF were found
dumped in public places in Batticaloa.
4 Bodies found in
Kaluvanchikudiyiruppu.
06
July - 5 Bodies recovered in Batticaloa town.
01
July - 1 woman killed, 6 people
injured, in Chunnakkam, Jaffna, in an aerial bombardment on a
market.
July
1990 - 38 killed, 100s injured in Amparai.
Civilians were shot dead in Sinnawattai Malayarkathu in Fourth Colony and
other colonies. Over a hundred others wounded.
Since
21 June Hundreds of people in north-eastern Sri Lanka reportedly 'disappeared'
after being detained by Sri Lankan security forces. Bodies, some of which
had been identified as those of prisoners, were dumped in several places. In
Kalmunai, over 70 people were reportedly detained and then 'disappeared'.
Over 30 bodies were dumped in a burnt out shop in Kalmunai.
13-14
June - Sri Lankan Army shot dead 15 civilians in Vavuniya.
1989
02
August - Valvettiturai Massacre by
IPKF. The Indian Peace Keeping Force deliberately killed over 50
Tamil civilians in Valvettiturai in the Jaffna Peninsula. This massacre was
described as ÏIndia's MylaiÓ.
1988
28
February - Navy shot dead a refugee in Mannar Sri Lankan navy
opened fired on a group of Tamil refugees waiting at Mannar shore to flee to
India. One woman was killed while another was severely injured. The following
day the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 54 Tamil woman refugees waiting at Mannar Beach
to flee to Tamil Nadu. The Navy rounded up the women and took them away. The
refugees were fleeing to India to escape army atrocities in Tamil territories.
1987
28
January - Kokkaddichcholai massacres - over 150 Tamil civilians massacred in Kokkaddichcholai.
Civilians were massacred at Kokkaddichcholai during a military operation by
members of the Special Task Force armed with helicopter gunships and armoured
cars. Several houses and other properties were also destroyed during this
operation.
1987
- 680 Tamils disappeared ‑ The police and armed forces continued to kill
non-combatant Tamils. Of particular concern were reprisal killings by the
security forces and reports that Tamil suspects taken into custody were shot or
tortured to death and their bodies disposed of in secret. By the end of 1987,
over 680 Tamils had reportedly 'disappeared' since 1983 and no
substantive attempts had been made by the government what had happened to them.
(AI Annual Report, January to December 1987)
21
October - Massacre by IPKF at Jaffna General Hospital.
So called Indian Peace Keeping Forces IPKF entered the
premises of the Jaffna General Hospital and massacred the patients, workers,
medical staff in this hospital. Military offensive started by the IPKF on
the 10th day of October 87 in the North East of the island
1986
11
November - 20 killed, 21 disappeared and 3 women raped in
Batticaloa. Sri Lankan security forces went on a rampage in a village in the
Eastern Batticaloa District. During the course of this rampage, three women were
raped and killed.
11
November - Massacre in Periya Pullumumalai. 23 killed, 21 disappeared.
Several houses and shops were also set on fire when security forces went
on a rampage at Periya Pullumumalai, a village in the eastern Batticaloa
district.
12
October - Adampan Massacre, 21 people killed in Adampan by Sri Lankan army
soldiers.
19
September - 11 people killed in Batticaloa town. Police Commandos of the Special
Task Force (STF) went on a rampage in the Batticaloa town killing civilians.
17
July - 10 killed in Mullaitivu by Sri Lankan air force helicopter.
The passengers who were travelling in a State‑Transport Board bus
were killed in Thanduvan village in Mullaitivu district.
16
July - Refugee camp massacre ‑ 44 refugees killed by the Sri Lanka army in
Peruveli/ Manalchenai in Trincomalee.
13
July - Adampan massacre ‑ 50 killed by the Sri Lankan army in Mannar.
Many Muslims were also killed.
28
June 10 farmers killed by the Sri Lankan army in a cordon and search
operation in Paranthan, Kilinochchi.
28
June - Thampalakamam massacre ‑ 34 killed in Thampalakamam in Trincomalee
district. The victims were abducted and killed by the Home Guards.
26
June - Sambaltivu massacre ‑ 15 killed in Sambaltivu, Trincomalee, by the
Sri Lankan army in a search operation.
20
June 32 Refugees massacred ‑ In Nachchikudah, Mannar. Tamil refugees in a boat
bound from Gurunagar, Jaffna to India were shot dead by Sri Lankan Navy. Two
survivors of this massacre managed
to swim to the shore, and related their pathetic story.
10
June 31 Fishermen massacred in Mandaitivu, Jaffna. Fishermen from
Gurunagar, Jaffna set out for fishing at about 5am in a boat named "Thuya
Oli" (Holy Light) and were massacred in the sea by the Sri Lanka Navy.
17
May - 18 young Tamils killed in the Eastern province. Young men were taken
into custody and shot dead by the STF.
20
May - Nedunkerny massacre ‑ 16 killed. Women and old‑age pensioners
were killed by the Sri Lankan army in a search operation in Nedunkerny in
Eeddimurichchan 26 miles from Vavuniya.
19
February - Udumpankulam massacre ‑ 60 killed. STF commandos rounded up the
workers in the paddy field at Udumpankulam, Amparai and shot dead the workers.
19
February - Akkaraipattu Massacre. More than 90 Tamil civilians killed
by the STF in Akkaraipattu.
ÏUpto 80 people mainly Tamil farm workers are said to have been killed
and their bodies burned in a massacre in eastern Sri Lanka. The killings
happened on Wednesday (19 February 1986), but confirmation of the incident was
made only yesterday after community leaders had visited the remote spot near the
town of Akkaraipattu, where the farm workers were shot. The farm workers were
taken back to the paddy fields and shot. Several empty cases of ammunition have
been found in the field. The bodies were piled on top of the dry rice harvest
and burned.Ó (reported by Humphrey Hawksley in the ÏGuardianÓ
22 February 1986)
25
January - Kilinochchi railway station massacre ‑ 12 killed by Sri Lankan army
soldiers. 12 civilians were shot dead and several others injured in an
indiscriminate fire by the army. The dead included four women and two children.
19
January - Iruthayapuram Massacre. 24
civilians killed by the Sri Lankan army in Iruthayapuram.
04
January 14 killed by the Sri Lanka army in Jaffna.
1985
05
January 8 killed in Mannar.
Civilians outside of a Vankalar Catholic church were shot dead by the Sri Lankan
army near the town of Mannar.
Then, the soldiers broke into the chapel and shot dead two boys, ages 12
and 14, who had been living with the priest.
1985
Church massacre 10 killed. Sinhala
army murders Christian priests ‑ 1984/85 Church in Mannar under seige.
A village priest was one of ten people killed by the army on church premises. His
body was never found. The government claimed that no witnesses had come
forward to testify to his death, but this was contested by the Bishop of
Mannar, Dr.Thomas Savundranayagam.
1984
28
March 8 killed in Chunnakam market place. Air force officials based in
Chunnakam opened fire at the civilians.
20
March - 7 killed and 24 injured - In an
aerial bombing by the Sri Lankan Airforce,
many civilians were killed and injured in Jaffna and Vavuniya.
09
April - 50 killed
in Jaffna - The Government Agent for Jaffna estimated that 50 people
were killed between April 9 and 12. Emergency regulations, which permitted
police to bury casualties without post-mortem or inquest were in effect and the
identity of those killed was never established.
11
August 9 killed in Illupangadavai, Mannar. The army attacked the town of
Mannar and gasoline bombs were thrown at shops and houses. The main bazaar was
set on fire. Adjoining villages of Adampan and Manthai were also attacked.
11
September - 16 killed and 10 injured in Vavuniya.
A long-distance coach was hijacked near Vavuniya, while on its way from Colombo
to Jaffna, by Sri Lankan security armed forces. The coach was driven to a lonely
spot on the Mannar Road, where the women and children were chased into the
jungle, and the men were shot as they attempted to flee.
01 September