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Mandaithivu massacre
Location of Northern Province, Sri Lanka
LocationOff Mandaitivu coast, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Date10 June 1986 (+8 GMT)
TargetSri Lankan Tamil Civilians
Deaths33
PerpetratorsSri Lankan Navy

Mandaithivu sea massacre was a civilian massacre of ethnic Tamils by members of the Sri Lankan Navy off the coast of Mandaitivu island of the Jaffna peninsula. 33 civilians, all of them fishermen mostly from Gurunagar, who had been fishing at sea were attacked, tortured and murdered by Sri Lankan Navy personnel.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Massacres of Tamils(1956-2008). Chennai: Manitham Publications. 2009. p. 15. ISBN 978-81-909737-0-0.
  3. ^ "Fishermen massacred by Navy - 31 civilians killed". TamilCanadian. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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