Mandaithivu massacre | |
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Location | Off Mandaitivu coast, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka |
Date | 10 June 1986 (+8 GMT) |
Target | Sri Lankan Tamil Civilians |
Deaths | 33 |
Perpetrators | Sri 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]
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