1985 Valvettiturai massacre
1985 Valvettiturai massacre is located in Sri Lanka
1985 Valvettiturai massacre
LocationValvettiturai, Sri Lanka
Coordinates9°49′N 80°10′E / 9.817°N 80.167°E / 9.817; 80.167
Date12 May 1985
TargetMostly the Sri Lankan Tamil civilians
Deaths70
PerpetratorsSri Lankan Army

The 1985 Valvettiturai massacre happened on May 12, 1985 after 2 landmine attacks killed 10 soldiers and an officer in Valvettiturai.[1] 70 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians from the town of Valvettithurai (abbreviated as VVT), Sri Lanka were rounded up. They were asked to go inside the town library and then the library was blown up by the Sri Lankan Army killing all of them.[2] The LTTE would later apparently retaliate in Anuradhapura.[3] In the ensuing weeks dozens more Tamil civilians were also killed.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Gassbeek, Timmo (2010). Bridging troubled waters? Everyday inter-ethnic interaction in a context of violent conflict in Kottiyar Pattu, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (PhD). Wageningen University. p. 152.
  2. ^ Hoole, Rajan (2001). Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power: Myths, Decadence & Murder. University Teachers for Human Rights. ISBN 955-9447-04-1. p. 214
  3. ^ Brown, Cynthia, ed. (1995). "Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights". Human rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-152-5. p. 91
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