List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces
The following is a list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed mobs and paramilitary groups (Home Guards, EPDP, PLOTE, TMVP, Ukussa, Black Cats etc.). This list does not contain assassinations which are listed in a separate article.
The Sri Lankan Armed Forces which was almost exclusively made up of Sinhalese[1][2][3][4] ethnicity during the 30-year-long Sri Lankan Civil War and the two JVP insurrections, has engaged in several counts of violence against civilians including numerous instances of civilian massacres, ethnic cleansing, pogroms, forced disappearances, sexual violence, destruction of property and assassination of civil leaders.[5] Incidents of torture, extrajudicial killings and sexual violence have also persisted in the post war period especially against Tamils and other ethnic and sexual minorities.[6][7][8][9]
Sri Lanka has also experienced attacks against civilians attributed to non state actors, such as the List of attacks attributed to the LTTE and the List of attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.
Attacks in chronological order
editAttack | Date | Location | Death Toll | Injuries, Rapes, and Property Damages | Perpetrators | References |
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1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots | 28 May – 8 August 1915 | Nationwide | 63 (official) | Police | [10][11][12] | |
1953 Ceylonese Hartal | 12–13 August 1953 | Nationwide | 10 | Government | [13][14] | |
Killing of civilian suspected to be insurgents and JVP activists during the suppression of the 1st JVP insurrection | 1971 | Nationwide | 20,000+ (estimated) 1,200 (official) | Government | [15][16][17][18][19][20] | |
Murder of Premawathie Manamperi | 17 April 1971 | Kataragama | 1 | Army | [21] | |
Tamil conference incident | 10 January 1974 | Jaffna | 8 | Police | [22][23][24] | |
Puttalam massacre | 2 February 1976 | Puttalam | 6-7 | Police | [22][25][26][27] | |
1977 anti-Tamil pogrom | August 1977 | Nationwide | 300 | Government | [13] | |
Murder of Iyathurai Indrarajah | 20 July 1979 | Jaffna | 1 | Sri Lankan Police | [28] | |
Burning of Jaffna Public Library | 1 June 1981 | Jaffna | Library burned containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts | Government, Sri Lankan Police | [29] | |
1981 anti-Tamil pogrom | June 1981-August 1981 | Nationwide | 25 | Government | [30] | |
Shooting of two cyclists in Jaffna | 15 October 1981 | Jaffna | 2 | Army | [31] | |
Murder of two youths near Madhu | 15 October 1981 | Periyathambanai, Madhu, Mannar | 2 | Army | [32] | |
Murder of Navaratnarajah | 10 April 1983 | Gurunagar, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [33][34] | |
Kantharmadam Army arson attack | 18 May 1983 | Kantharmadam, Jaffna | 64 houses, 3 mini buses, 9 cars, 3 motorcycles and 36 bikes set on fire and destroyed. Civilians assaulted. | Army | [35] | |
Arson attacks in Vavuniya | 1 June 1983 | Vavuniya | crops, huts, buildings and vehicles destroyed and burned in Gandhiyam farm at Kovilkulam; market, shops and vehicles burned and civilians assaulted; property damage over Rs. 3 million | Sri Lanka Armed Forces | [36] | |
Attack on Tamil passengers on the Jaffna-Colombo train | 5 June 1983 | Vavuniya | Civilians assaulted. | Air Force | [37] | |
Attacks on Tamils in Trincomalee | 3-30 June 1983 | Trincomalee | 19 | 100+ injured, 214 houses bombed and burnt, 21 shops destroyed, 8 Hindu temples burnt | Armed Forces | [38][37][39] |
1983 anti-Tamil pogrom | May 1983-July 1983 | Nationwide | 3,000 | Army, Government | [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] | |
Thirunelveli massacre | 24 July 1983 | Thirunelveli, Jaffna | 60+ | Army | [50] | |
Sampalthoddam massacre | January 1984 | Sampalthoddam, Vavuniya | 55-70 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[51] | |
Chunnakam Police station massacre | 8 January 1984 | Chunnakam, Jaffna | 19-20 | Sri Lankan Police | [52] According to pro-rebel NESOHR[53] | |
Chunnakam market massacre | 28 March 1984 | Chunnakam, Jaffna | 10 | Air Force | [54][55][56] | |
Spring 1984 Jaffna massacres | 28 March 1984-May 1984 | Various places in Jaffna | 250 | Army | [57][58][59][60] | |
1984 Valvettithurai massacre | 6-8 August 1984 | Valvettithurai, Jaffna | 50 | Army | [61] | |
Jaffna bus stand shooting | 8 August 1984 | Jaffna | 8 injured | Army | [62] | |
Jaffna Main Street taxi driver killing | 11 August 1984 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | [63] | |
1984 Vavuniya massacre | 13 August 1984 | Vavuniya | 6+ | Army | [64] | |
August 1984 Mannar massacre | 13 August 1984 | Mannar | 90 | Army | [65] | |
Murders of Kandasamy Pathar Pirapaharan and Sivasubramaniam | 13 August 1984 | Elephant Pass, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [33] | |
Kaithady massacre | 14 August 1984 | Kaithady, Jaffna | 9 | 25 injured | Army | [66] |
Army attack on Valvettithurai | 9-14 August 1984 | Valvettithurai, Jaffna | 171 houses destroyed, 100 small businesses destroyed, 59 mechanised fishing boats destroyed, 4 cars destroyed, Fishing nets worth £39,000 confiscated | Army | [67] | |
Murder of mental patient Thamotherampillai (45) | 25 August 1984 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [68] | |
Four houses set ablaze in Achchuvely | 26 August 1984 | Achchuvely, Jaffna | Four houses set ablaze | Army | [69] | |
1984 Point Pedro massacre | 2 September 1984 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 18 | many injured and hospitalized, Hartley College Library burned, many shops and houses burned, hundreds displaced | STF, Army | [70][71][72] |
Mallavi junction massacre | 6 September 1984 | Mallavi, Mullaitivu | 5 | Army | [73] | |
Colombo-Jaffna coach massacre | 11 September 1984 | Mathawachchi | 17 | 2 women raped | Army | [52] |
Murders of Ponniah (43) and Selladurai Karunaharan (24) | 11 September 1984 | Mulliyavallai | 2 | Army | [74] | |
Killing of pregnant woman Kalavathy Thangathurai (19) | 16 September 1984 | Karanavai, Jaffna | 1 | 1 injured | Army | [52] |
Shooting of mill owner Sabanathan | 3 October 1984 | Vavuniya | Gunshot injuries to face | Army | [75] | |
Murder of Allaipiddy fisherman | 8 October 1984 | Allaipiddy, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | [75] | |
Murder of two Tamil youths on Palaly Road | 28 October 1984 | Kantharmadam, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [76] | |
Murder of two Tamil youths in Urumpirai | 28 October 1984 | Urumpirai, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [77] | |
Murder of three Tamil youth in Tellipalai | 29 October 1984 | Tellipalai, Jaffna | 3 | Army | [76] | |
Jaffna-Colombo train shootings | 1 November 1984 | Meesalai, Punkankulam, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [76][78] | |
Urelu attack | 1 November 1984 | Urelu, Jaffna | 4 | several houses looted and burnt | Army | [78] |
Urumpirai murders | 1 November 1984 | Urumpirai, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [78] | |
Jaffna grand bazaar massacre | 1 November 1984 | Jaffna | 9 | Army | [79] | |
Jaffna army rampage | 2 November 1984 | Jaffna | 8 | 60 houses burnt and looted | Army | [76] |
Vallalai attack | 2 November 1984 | Vallalai, Jaffna | 1 | homes looted, 36+ homes destroyed, 500 rendered homeless | Army | [78] |
Urumpirai killings | 2 November 1984 | Urumpirai, Jaffna | 50 | 50 killed or seriously injured | Army | [76] |
Shooting of Aziz Amjad (17) and Abdul Cafoor (16) | 2 November 1984 | Jaffna | 2 | Army | [76][78] | |
Shooting of 3 Tamil youths in Urumpirai | 6 November 1984 | Urumpirai, Jaffna | 3 | Army | [76][78] | |
Mullaitivu massacre | 6 November 1984 | Mullaitivu | 8 | Army | [76][78] | |
Jaffna town massacre | 9 November 1984 | Jaffna | 10 | Army | [76] | |
Kasturiar Road/Power House road junction massacre | 10 November 1984 | Jaffna | 5 | 35 injured | Army | [80] |
Acid thrown into face of student S.Selvarani (24) | 12 November 1984 | Thinnaiveli, Jaffna | Army | [81] | ||
Two houses burnt in Kilinochchi | 12 November 1984 | Kilinochchi | Army | [81] | ||
Acid attack on two students from Vembadi girls school | 13 November 1984 | Jaffna | Army | [81] | ||
3 Tamil youth killed in Kilinochchi | 13 November 1984 | Kilinochchi | 3 | Army | [81] | |
Jaffna-Colombo train shooting of Tamil civilians | 15 November 1984 | Meesalai, Jaffna | several killed | Army | [81] | |
Gang rape and murder of Kumari Theresa Augustine | 15 November 1984 | Puloly East, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [81] | |
Kopay massacre | 18 November 1984 | Kopay, Jaffna | 6 | Army | [81] | |
Army rampage at Tellipalai | 19 November 1984 | Tellipalai, Jaffna | Houses looted and razed, two lorries set on fire, over 1000 people made refugees | Army | [82] | |
Army rampage at Chavakachcheri | 20 November 1984 | Chavakachcheri, Jaffna | 4 | houses looted | Army | [82] |
Murder of two Tamil engineers in Anuradhapura | 20 November 1984 | Anuradhapura | 2 | Army | [82] | |
Destruction of Kodikamam new market | 23 November 1984 | Kodikamam, Jaffna | Destruction of Kodikamam new market building | Army | [82] | |
Killing of 4 Tamil civilians including a 7 year old boy | 24 November 1984 | Jaffna | 4 | Army | [82] | |
Killing of 3 fishermen in Vaharai | 24 November 1984 | Vaharai, Batticaloa | 3 | Army | [82] | |
December 1984 massacres of Tamils | December 1984 | Several places in Northern and Eastern provinces | 1,200+ | Armed Forces | [83] | |
Nedunkerny massacre | 1 December 1984 | Nedunkerny, Vavuniya | 200+ | Army | [84] | |
Othiyamalai massacre | 2 December 1984 | Othiyamalai, Mullaitivu | 32 | Army | [85][86][87][88] | |
Semamadu massacre | 2 December 1984 | Semamadu, Vavuniya | 29 | Army | [89][90] | |
Cheddikulam massacre | 2 December 1984 | Cheddikulam, Vavuniya | 64 | Army | [91][92] | |
Kumulamunai massacre | 2 December 1984 | Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu | 7 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[93] | |
Vavuniya army camp massacre | 2 December 1984 | Iratperiyakulam, Vavuniya | 100+ | Army | [94][95] | |
Thennamarawadi massacre | 2-4 December 1984 | Thennamarawadi, Mullaitivu | 26 | Army | [96] | |
Manal Aru massacre | 3 December 1984 | Manal Aru, Mullaitivu | 100+ | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[97] | |
Amaravayal massacre | 3-4 December 1984 | Amarivayal, Mullaitivu | 30-50 | Army | [96] | |
Othiyamalai massacre | 3 December 1984 | Vavuniya | 40 | Army | [98] | |
Mannar massacre | 4 December 1984 | Murunkan, Mannar | 200+ | Army | [99][100][101][102][103][104][105] | |
Vavuniya massacre | 4 December 1984 | Vavuniya | 100 | Army | [98] | |
Asikulam massacre | 4 December 1984 | Asikulam, Vavuniya | 6 | 12 injured | Government armed mob | [98] |
Thennamarawadi village destruction | 5 December 1984 | Thennamarawadi, Mullaitivu | Entire village destroyed, 165 Tamil families rendered homeless | Government armed mob | [98] | |
Massacre of 18 Tamil fishermen | 9 December 1984 | Mullaitivu | 18 | Home Guards | [106] | |
Murder of Thambimuthu Kamalarajah | 10 December 1984 | Gurunagar, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [94] | |
Madawachchiya massacre | 11 December 1984 | Madawachchiya | 65 | women raped. | Home Guards | [106] |
Periyakatru village destruction | 12 December 1984 | Periyakatru, Mannar | 30 houses and 10 shops destroyed | Army | [106] | |
Murder of Rev. George Jeyarajasingam, Jesudasan Roche and Abdul Cader Sulaiman | 13 December 1984 | Murunkan, Mannar | 3 | Army | [107] | |
Mullikulam massacre | 13 December 1984 | Mullikulam, Mannar | 6 | Army | [106] | |
Kokkilai massacres | 15 December 1984 | Several locations in Mullaitivu | 131 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[108] | |
Arson attack on Vavuniya Tamil villages | 19 December 1984 | Asikulam, Chettikulam, Thathcnakulam, Vavuniya | Several houses set on fire in 3 villages | Army | [106] | |
Kaddaparachchan killings | 20 December 1984 | Kaddaparachchan, Trincomalee | 2 | Army | [106] | |
Attack on Periyakadu and Kandasamy Nagar villages | 21 December 1984 | Periyakadu, Kandasamy Nagar, Mannar | 28 houses set alight and destroyed | Army | [109] | |
Thiriyai massacre | 21 December 1984 | Thiriyai, Trincomalee | 9 | houses burnt and destroyed | Army | [109] |
Batticaloa-Colombo train attack | 22 December 1984 | Gal Oya | Tamil train passengers attacked | Army | [109] | |
Windsor cinema junction massacre | 22 December 1984 | Jaffna | Several killed | Army | [109] | |
Irupalai massacre | 22 December 1984 | Irupalai, Jaffna | 3 | Army | [109] | |
Muthur massacre | 22-24 December 1984 | Muthur, Trincomalee | 7 | Army | [109] | |
Mullaitivu massacre | 22-24 December 1984 | Mullaitivu | 24 | 42 houses burnt and destroyed | Army | [109] |
Murder of Tamil rice mill worker | 30-31 December 1984 | Omanthai, Vavuniya | 1 | Army | [109] | |
Murder of fisherman Asirwatham (24) | 30-31 December 1984 | Poonakari, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [109] | |
Murder of Thamotharampillai and Kasippillai | 4 January 1985 | Nallur, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [109] | |
Jaffna Hindu College massacre | 4-5 January 1985 | Jaffna | 3 | 10 seriously injured | Army | [109] |
Chemmani road massacre | 5 January 1985 | Chemmani road, Jaffna | 4 | Army | [109] | |
Massacre of Tamil family in Vavuniya | 5 January 1985 | Vavuniya | 5 | Army | [109] | |
Vankalai church massacre | 6 January 1985 | Vankalai | 23 | Army | [109][110] | |
Kudiyirruppu massacre | 6 January 1985 | Kudiyirruppu, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | [109] | |
Kuppilan killing | 6 January 1985 | Kuppilan, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [109] | |
Achchuvely massacre | 9 January 1985 | Achchuvely, Jaffna | 3 | Army | [111] | |
Murder of Sinnathamby Kanapathipillai (56) and his son Krishnakumar (23) | 11 January 1985 | Vavuniya | 2 | Army | [111] | |
Murder of mental patient Somu | 11 January 1985 | Jaffna bus stand | 1 | Army | [112] | |
Killing of two Tamil pedestrians in Mannar | 15 January 1985 | Mannar | 2 | Army | [112] | |
Mulliyavalai massacre | 16 January 1985 | Mulliyavalai, Mullaitivu | 17 | Army | [113][114] | |
Vadakkandal massacre | 30 January 1985 | Vadakkandal, Mannar | 52 | Air Force, Army |
[115][116] | |
Army rampage in Jaffna town | 6 February 1985 | Jaffna | 5 | Army | [113] | |
Murder of T.T. Rajadurai (33) | 6 February 1985 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | [113] | |
Murders of Subramaniam (24) and Sivalingam (26) | 6 February 1985 | Cheddilkulam, Vavuniya | 2 | Karuppiah Ratnam (13) abducted and missing | Army | [113] |
Murder of three Tamil youth in Vavuniya | 6 February 1985 | Vavuniya | 3 | Army | [113] | |
Mullaitivu massacre | 15 February 1985 | Mullaitivu | 58 | Army | [113] | |
Murder of Saverimutti (55) | 16 February 1985 | Kopay, Jaffna | 1 | his car set on fire | Army | [117] |
Urumpirai Hindu college killings | 16 February 1985 | Urumpirai , Jaffna | 2 | Army | [117] | |
Murders of Sittambalam Yogan (28) and Kandiah Thamotheram (35) | 19 February 1985 | Mullaitivu | 2 | Army | [118] | |
Murders of student Joseph Yogarajah, Thamotherampillai Manobalan and businessman Ibrahim in Vavuniya | 19 February 1985 | Vavuniya | 3 | Army | [119] | |
Army rampage in Jaffna district | 23 February 1985 | Various places in Jaffna District | 2 | 8+ injured, 1 car, 1 van, 1 photographic studio destroyed | Army | [119] |
Army rampage in Kallundai | 23 February 1985 | Kallundai, Jaffna | Every house and hut destroyed, 2000 people made refugees | Army | [119] | |
Pannai bridge massacre | 24 March 1985 | Jaffna | 7 | 11 injured | STF | [120] |
Maviddapuram massacre | 26 February 1985 | Maviddapuram, Jaffna | 4 | Army | [119] | |
Murder of Jeyagouri Thavarajah (33) | 3 April 1985 | Manipay, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [120] | |
Shooting of tractor driver Singarajah | 3 April 1985 | Pannai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [120] | |
Murder of Ponnan (19) and Muthulingam (14) | 6 April 1985 | Vavuniya | 2 | Army | [120] | |
Jaffna shootings | 14 April 1985 | Jaffna | 2 | Several injured | Army | [121] |
Kakkaitivu shootings | 16 April 1985 | Jaffna | 1 | Several injured | Army | [121] |
Mannar massacre | 16 April 1985 | Mannar | 27 | Army | [121] | |
Karaitivu massacre | 17 April 1985 | Karaitivu, Ampara | 27 | STF | [122][123] | |
Myliddy massacre | 19 April 1985 | Myliddy, Jaffna | 4 | Army | [121] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu massacre | 21 April 1985 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 30 | Army | [121][124] | |
Nelliaddy massacre | 21 April 1985 | Nelliaddy, Jaffna | 9 | Army | [121] | |
1985 anti-Tamil pogrom in Karaitivu | 22 April 1985 | Karaitivu, Ampara | 30 | 2000 Tamil homes destroyed, 15,000 made homeless, several women raped | STF, state sponsored mobs | [125][126][127][128] |
Shooting of two motor cyclists in Jaffna | 25 April 1985 | Jaffna | 2 | Army | [129] | |
Murder of Rajadurai (69) | 27 April 1985 | Kondavil, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [129] | |
Karaveddi massacre | 29 April 1985 | Karaveddi, Jaffna District | 25+ | Several houses and shops smashed and looted | Army | [129] |
Jaffna-Kerathivu bus shooting | 29 April 1985 | Karaveddi, Jaffna | 3 | Several injured | Army | [129] |
Murder of newly married couple K. Navaratnam, (36) and Sushiladevi (33) | 29 April 1985 | Ariyalai, Jaffna | 2 | Gold jewellery ripped off the bride's dead body by the troops | Army | [129] |
Point Pedro murders of Mr Johnpillai (50) and Ponnambala Chandrakumar (21) | 29 April 1985 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [129] | |
Murder of Nesarajah | 2 May 1985 | Kodikamam, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [129] | |
1985 Trincomalee massacres | May–September 1985 | Several places in Trincomalee | 280+ | Navy, Army, Home Guards |
[130][131][132] | |
Jaffna massacre | 4 May 1985 | Jaffna | 4 | Army | [129] | |
Murder of Hindu priest at Udappu | 4 May 1985 | Udappu | 1 | Army | [129] | |
Oorani massacre | 9 May 1985 | Oorani, Jaffna | 30 | Army | [133] | |
Murukandi Hindu temple massacre | 9 May 1985 | Murukandi, Vavuniya | 3 | Army | [134] | |
Point Pedro massacre | 10 May 1985 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 100+ | Army | [135] | |
Kodikamam shooting | 10 May 1985 | Kodikamam, Jaffna | 1 | Several injured, several houses and shops smashed up | Army | [136] |
1985 Valvettithurai massacre | 12 May 1985 | Valvettithurai, Jaffna | 46-70 | Army | >[101][137][138][139] | |
Anaikottai massacre | 15 May 1985 | Anaikottai, Jaffna | 5 | Army | [140] | |
Massacre of Tamil civilians in Anuradhapura | 15 May 1985 | Anuradhapura | 7 | Army | [136] | |
Massacre of Tamil civilians in Vavuniya | 15 May 1985 | Vavuniya | 7 | Army | [136] | |
Kumudini boat massacre | 15 May 1985 | Neduntheevu, Jaffna | 23 | Navy | [141][142] | |
Thambattai massacre | 17 May 1985 | Thambattai, Ampara | 31 | Police (STF) | [143][140] | |
Batticaloa massacre | 17 May 1985 | Batticaloa | 40 | Police (STF) | [94] | |
Massacre of Tamil civilians in Anuradhapura army camp | 17 May 1985 | Anuradhapura | 6−11 | 20 injured | Army | [136][144] |
1985 Kalmunai massacre | 18 May 1985 | Kalmunai, Ampara | 19 | Police (STF) | [145] | |
Army rampage at Gurunagar | 19 May 1985 | Gurunagar, Jaffna | 1 | 5 injured | Army | [136] |
Two Tamil civilians shot dead in Jaffna | 19 May 1985 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | [136] | |
Shootings at Gurunagar | 19 May 1985 | Gurunagar, Jaffna | 1 | 1 injured | Army | [136] |
Massacre of Tamil family in Pankulam | 24 May 1985 | Pankulam, Trincomalee District | 7 | Army | [136] | |
Killiveddy massacre | 30 May 1985 | Killiveddy, Trincomalee | 44 | Police | [146] | |
Kent and Dollar Farms raid | June 1985 | Vavuniya | Tamil families assaulted and expelled | Police | [147] | |
Massacre of Tamil civilians in Trincomalee | 3 June 1985 | Trincomalee | 13 | Army | [136] | |
Thiriyai massacre | 8 June 1985 | Thiriyai, Trincomalee | 10 | Army | [148] | |
Mannar massacre | 14 June 1985 | Kokudiyan and Adampanthalvu, Mannar | 22 | Army | [149] | |
Karainagar massacre | 22 July 1985 | Karainagar, Jaffna | 3 | 2 injured | Navy | [150] |
Sampalthivu massacre | 4-9 August 1985 | Sampalthivu, Trincomalee | 25+ | Army, Navy, Air | [151] | |
Vavuniya shooting spree and arson attacks | 10 August 1985 | Vavuniya | 10 | 21+ seriously injured, 73 shops and 19 houses burned, Rs. 10 million in property damage | Police, Sri Lanka Armed Forces | [152] |
1985 Vavuniya massacre | 16 August 1985 | Vavuniya | 200+ | Army | [153] | |
Batticaloa arson attacks | 24 August 1985 | Vantharumoolai, Mavadivembu, Sittandy, Morakkaddanchenai and Santhiveli, Batticaloa | 350 houses burned and 1200 Tamils displaced | Police and STF | [154][155] | |
Vayaloor massacre | 24 August 1985 | Vayaloor, Kilinochchi | 40 | Army | [156] | |
Murugapuri massacre | 8 September 1985 | Murugapuri Trincomalee | 3 | Army, Home Guards | [157] | |
Thuvarankadu massacre | 12 September 1985 | Thuvarankadu, Trincomalee | 22 | Army | [158] | |
Chenkalady junction shooting | 16 September 1985 | Chenkalady, Batticaloa | 2 | STF | [159] | |
Nilaveli massacre | 16 September 1985 | Nilaveli, Trincomalee | 40 | Army, Home Guards | [158][160] | |
Kalvettu massacre | 20 September 1985 | Kalvettu, Ampara | 15 | 10 injured | Home guards | [161] |
Sinnawathai massacre | 20 September 1985 | Sinnawathai, Batticaloa | 10 | 13 injured | STF | [162] |
Palankuda killings | 23 September 1985 | Palankuda, Batticaloa | 2 | STF | [162] | |
Killing of Tamil civilian in Kalladi | 24 September 1985 | Kalladi, Batticaloa | 1 | 2 houses burnt down | STF | [162] |
Aarapathai massacre | 26 September 1985 | Aarapathai, Navatkudah, Batticaloa | 7 | 49 houses, 2 shops and a market all burnt down in nearby Navatkudah | STF | [162] |
Sambaltivu massacre | 1 October 1985 | Sambaltivu, Trincomalee | 4 | Army | [162] | |
Piramanthanaru massacre | 2 October 1985 | Piramanthanaru, Kilinochchi | 16 | 30 injured and 75+ houses burned | Army, Keenie Meenie Services | [125][163] |
Oddusuddan massacre | 2 October 1985 | Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu | 18 | Army | [162] | |
Killing of Sinnathamby Mahendran | 2 October 1985 | Batticaloa | 1 | Army | [162] | |
Murakkottanchenai massacre | 5 October 1985 | Murakkottanchenai, Batticaloa | 12 | Several houses and shops burnt | STF | [162] |
Killing of Tamil civilian in Kilinochchi | 6 October 1985 | Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | [162] | |
Killing of two Tamil civilians in Vidathaltivu | 6 October 1985 | Vidathaltivu, Mannar | 2 | Army | [162] | |
Killing of Tamil civilian in Kalladi | 8 October 1985 | Kalladi, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | [162] | |
Vantharumoolai shooting | 5 November 1985 | Vantharumoolai, Batticaloa | 3 | Army | [164] | |
1985 Muttur massacre | 8-10 November 1985 | Muttur, Trincomalee | 30-100 | Army, Navy, Air Force |
[165][166] | |
Kantalai massacre | 9 November 1985 | Kantalai, Trincomalee | 6 | Jewellery looted | Army | [167][168] |
Batticaloa Lake Road massacre | 13 November 1985 | Lake Road, Batticaloa | 13 | STF | [164][169] | |
Army rampage in Batticaloa | 16 November 1985 | Bar Road, Batticaloa | 8-scores killed | locals assaulted, and several dozen houses looted and burned | Army | [170][164] |
Arrests and disappearances of 7 Tamils from Muttur | 17 November 1985 | Muttur, Trincomalee | 7 | Sri Lankan security forces | [171] | |
Urani shooting | 20 November 1985 | Urani, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | [164] | |
Onthachimadam shooting | 23 November 1985 | Onthachimadam, Batticaloa | 8 | Army | [164] | |
Sampur massacre | 27 November 1985 | Sampur, Trincomalee | 21 | 8 injured, 165 houses burned | Army, Navy, Home guards | [172][173] |
Muttur massacres | 28 November 1985 | Sampur and Kaddaiparichchan, Trincomalee | 16 | government forces | [174] | |
Mandur massacre | 28 November 1985 | Mandur, Batticaloa | 24 | Sri Lankan Air Force | [174] | |
Thiruvaiyaru attack | 29 November 1985 | Thiruvaiyaru, Kilinochchi | 4 | houses looted | Sri Lankan Army | [175][176] |
Thampalakamam raid | 30 November 1985 | Thampalakamam, Trincomalee | 7 | Sri Lankan Army | [177] | |
Akkaraipattu-Pottuvil road shooting | 1 December 1985 | Akkaraipattu-Pottuvil road, Ampara | 2 | Sri Lankan Army | [178] | |
Kalladi shooting | 1 December 1985 | Kalladi, Batticaloa | 6 | a store, a firewood mill and 2 houses were burned | Sri Lankan Army | [179] |
Arasadi junction shooting of a youth | 2 December 1985 | Arasadi junction, Batticaloa | 1 | Sri Lankan Army | [180] | |
Palai search operation | 3 December 1985 | Palai, Kilinochchi | 1 | 64 people, including 8 bound and bleeding youths, were taken to army camp. Of the 5 other injured, 3 were hospitalized. Palai railway station was damaged. Walls of houses were damaged with bullet holes. | Sri Lankan Army | [181] |
Raid on Tamil village in Muttur | 3 December 1985 | Muttur, Trincomalee | 9 arrested. 4 houses burned. | Sri Lankan Army | [182] | |
Mullaitivu-Nedunkerny road search operation | 3-5 December 1985 | Mullaitivu-Nedunkerny road, Mullaitivu | some children missing. many locals assaulted. | Sri Lankan Army | [183] | |
Attack on Tamils travelling in a lorry in Vavuniya | 3 December 1985 | Vavuniya army camp, Vavuniya | occupants assaulted. one youth missing. | Sri Lankan Army | [184] | |
Attack on 2 Tamils travelling in a lorry in Chilaw | 6 December 1985 | Chilaw, Puttalam | 2 injured and hospitalized | Army | [185] | |
Attack on a Tamil traveller in Navatkuli | 6 December 1985 | Navatkuli, Jaffna | 32-year-old Subramaniyam Kumarasamy assaulted and hospitalized | Army | [186] | |
Shooting of detainees in Seruvila army camp | 6 December 1985 | Seruvila, Trincomalee | 10 | Army | [187] | |
Attack on Vavuniya store owner | 7 December 1985 | Vavuniya | 56-year-old Raamayya severely assaulted and hospitalized | Army | [188] | |
Karadiyanaru cordon and search operation | 7 December 1985 | Karadiyanaru, Batticaloa | 1 | 25 arrested | Army | [189] |
Paranthan road shooting | 8 December 1985 | Paranthan, Kilinochchi | 1 | 2 injured. 5 detained. 1 motorcycle seized. | Army | [190] |
Anpuvalipuram road shooting | 10 December 1985 | Anpuvalipuram, Trincomalee | 2 Tamil children injured and hospitalized | Home Guards | [191] | |
Uruthirapuram massacre | 10 December 1985 | Uruthirapuram, Kilinochchi | 10 | many injured. 25+ with gunshot wounds hospitalized. some arrested. locals fled to forest. 2 houses damaged. | Army | [192][193] |
Muttur search operation | 10-11 December 1985 | Muttur, Trincomalee | 2 | 6 women sexually assaulted, 2 women arrested and 2 stores burned | Army | [194] |
Jaffna city shooting | 12 December 1985 | Jaffna city, Jaffna | 2 | 3 injured. houses damaged by bullets. | Army | [195] |
Valantalai-Ponnalai shooting | 17 December 1985 | Valantalai and Ponnalai junctions, Jaffna | 2 | 5 hospitalized | Army | [196] |
Oddusuddan shooting | 17 December 1985 | Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu | 3 | 6 injured, 2 houses damaged | Army | [197] |
Keerimalai arson attack | 17 December 1985 | Keerimalai, Jaffna | 3 houses burned | Army | [198] | |
Columbuthurai-Ariyalai shooting | 20 December 1985 | Columbuthurai, Ariyalai, Jaffna | 2 | 2 hospitalized | Army | [199] |
Jaffna helicopter shootings | 21 December 1985 | Suthumalai, Manipay, Sanguveli, Thavadi, Uduvil, Inuvil, Kokkuvil, Vayavilan, Kadduvan and Myliddy, Jaffna | 7 | many injured (10+ seriously) and hospitalized, many houses damaged | Air Force | [200][201][202] |
Munnampodivettai massacre | 25 December 1985 | Munnampodivettai, Trincomalee | 10 | 4 women gang raped | Army | [203] |
Rape and murder of 2 Tamil women in Muthur | 25 December 1985 | Muthur, Trincomalee | 2 | 2 women raped | Home guards | [204] |
Jaffna helicopter massacres | 4 January 1986 | Jaffna | 17 | 91 injured | Air Force | [205] |
Jaffna massacres | 23 January 1986 | Tellipalai, Veemankamam, Kadduvan | 16 | several injured, 22 houses, 1 van and several cars set on fire | Armed Forces | [206] |
Iruthayapuram massacre | 19 January 1986 | Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa | 23 | Police | [207] | |
Nayaru helicopter killings | 24 January 1986 | Nayaru, Mullaitivu | 2 | several injured | Air Force | [208] |
Kilinochchi Railway Station massacre | 25 January 1986 | Kilinochchi | 12 | Army | [209] | |
Thampalakamam massacre | 27 January 1986 | Thampalakamam, Trincomalee | 10 | Army | [208] | |
Massacre of Tamil private van passengers | 1 February 1986 | Elephant Pass, Jaffna | 29 | Army | [208] | |
Bombing raid on Jaffna | 19 February 1986 | Jaffna | 7 | several houses and a rice mill damaged | Air Force | [210] |
Akkaraipattu massacre | 19 February 1986 | Akkaraipattu, Ampara | 80 | Army | [211][212][213] | |
Jaffna bombings | 27 February 1986 | Jaffna | 3 | 5 injured | Air Force | [214] |
Nainativu massacre | 3 March 1986 | Nainativu, Jaffna | 4 | 15 injured | Army | [215] |
Bombing of fishing village in Jaffna | 12 March 1986 | Jaffna | 3 | several injured | Air Force | [216] |
Myliddy bombings | 13 March 1986 | Jaffna | 5 | several injured | Air Force | [217] |
Murder of Vellaichamy Thinakaranathan | 14 March 1986 | Paranthan, Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | [217] | |
Kilinochchi killing | 16 March 1986 | Kilinochchi | 1 | several injured | Army | [217] |
Thondamannaru killing | 16 March 1986 | Jaffna | 1 | several houses damaged | Army | [217] |
Vavuniya killings | 16 March 1986 | Vavuniya | 2 | Army | [217] | |
Kilinochchi massacre | 16 March 1986 | Kilinochchi | 7 | Army | [215] | |
Muthur massacre | 16 March 1986 | Muthur, Trincomalee | 5 | Army | [215] | |
Murder of Kathirkamanathan Balamurali (15) | 17 March 1986 | Navatkuli, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [217] | |
Mallikaitivu junction massacre | 17 March 1986 | Muthur, Trincomalee | 5 | Army | [217] | |
Attack on Tamil villages in Muthur | 18 March 1986 | Muthur, Trincomalee | Several houses looted and burned. Some shops and houses completely destroyed. | Army | [217] | |
Kilinochchi massacre | 18 March 1986 | Kilinochchi | 4 | several injured | Army | [218] |
Murder of K Sundaralingham | 18 March 1986 | Kalmunai, Ampara | 1 | 1 injured | STF | [218] |
Killing of two youths in Batticaloa | 19 March 1986 | Batticaloa | 2 | Army | [218] | |
Vavuniya massacres | 19-20 March 1986 | Eeddimurnchan village. Nedunkerny | 20 | Army | [219] | |
Koddady killings | 21 March 1986 | Koddady, Jaffna | 2 | Air Force | [218] | |
Jaffna bombings | 21 March 1986 | Jaffna | 3 | 29 injured | Air Force | [215] |
Puthukudirruppu massacre | 21 March 1986 | Puthukudirruppu, Mullaitivu | 7 | looting reported | Army | [218] |
Thondamannaru helicopter murder | 21 March 1986 | Jaffna | 1 | Air Force | [218] | |
Selvasannithy temple attack | 21-22 March 1986 | Jaffna | 4 | Army | [220] | |
Murder of Sugumaran | 22 March 1986 | Kallar, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | [218] | |
Koonithivu shooting | 23 March 1986 | Koonithivu, Trincomalee | 1 | 10 injured | Army | [221] |
Mannar killings | 24 March 1986 | Mannar | 2 | Army | [215] | |
Vavuniya massacre | 25 March 1986 | Vavuniya | 5 | Army | [215] | |
Kurumbacitty killing | 26 March 1986 | Kurumbacitty, Jaffna | 1 | 3 injured | Air Force | [221] |
Murder of Mr. A. Ganeshapillai | 27 March 1986 | Point Pedro Jaffna | 1 | Army | [222] | |
Tellipalai bombing | 27 March 1986 | Tellipalai, Jaffna | 1 | several injured | Air Force | [215] |
Vantharumoolai killings | 30 March 1986 | Vantharumoolai, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | [222] | |
Army attack on Kadduvan | 30 March 1986 | Kadduvan, Jaffna | Large rice mill and 10 houses destroyed | Army | [222] | |
Vavuniya killings | 31 March 1986 | Vavuniya | 3 | Army | [223] | |
Palaly killings | 31 March 1986 | Palaly, Jaffna | 2 | 4 injured | Army | [223] |
Jaffna helicopter killings | 2 April 1986 | Jaffna | 3 | several injured and several houses damaged | Air Force | [223] |
Palaly helicopter acid attacks | 2 April 1986 | Jaffna | acid thrown from helicopter, 2 victims admitted to hospital | Air Force | [223] | |
Murder of Dr. Christopher Noel (26) | 5 April 1986 | Ottankulam, Kilinochchi | 1 | Burnt alive in car | Army | [224] |
Jaffna bombings | 6 April 1986 | Jaffna | 2 | 10 injured | Air Force | [224] |
Murder of Karunakaran | 6 April 1986 | Batticaloa | 1 | Army | [224] | |
Murder of Subramaniam Rajaratnam | 10 April 1986 | Thiriyai, Trincomalee | 1 | 1 injured | Army | [225] |
Murder of farmer Sinniah Nandakumar (32) | 10 April 1986 | Nilaveli, Trincomalee | 1 | Army | [225] | |
Murder of Mathiaparanam Jegan (22) | 15 April 1986 | Mankulam, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | [225] | |
Navatkuli killings | 17 April 1986 | Navatkuli, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [225] | |
Thondamannaru killings | 21 April 1986 | Thondamannaru, Jaffna | 2 | several others killed and injured | Army | [226] |
Murders of Narayanasamy Ravindran (21) and Joseph Gunaseelan | 23 April 1986 | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 2 | Army | [226] | |
Killing of P. Ravi (29) | 27 April 1986 | Tellippalai, Jaffna | 2 | Navy | [226] | |
Valalai killings | 30 April 1986 | Valalai, Jaffna | 2 | 2 injured | Army | [227] |
Massacre of Trincomalee Tamil refugees | 30 April 1986 | Muthur, Thiriyay Trincomalee | 17 | Army | [227] | |
Murder of A Sebamalai | 30 April 1986 | Palaly, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [227] | |
Kilinochchi killing | 1 May 1986 | Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | [227] | |
Eravur killings | 4 May 1986 | Eravur, Batticaloa | 3 | Army | [227] | |
Gurunagar fishermen sea massacre | 10 June 1986 | Mandaitivu, Jaffna | 33 | Navy | [228][229][230][231] | |
Seruvila massacre | 12 June 1986 | Seruvila, Trincomalee | 21 | Home Guards | [232] | |
Mannar massacre | 13 June 1986 | Mannar, Mannar | 26 | Army, Air Force | [233] | |
Murder of Michael Gnanapragasam | 19 June 1986 | Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | [234] | |
Murder of M. Wensceslaus | 20 June 1986 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | [235]<[236] | |
1986 Thambalakamam massacre | 28 June 1986 | Thambalakamam, Trincomalee | 34 | Home Guards | [237] | |
Mollipothana massacre | 10 July 1986 | Mollipothana, Trincomalee | 11 | Home Guards | [238] | |
Pavatkulam massacre | 13 July 1986 | Pavatkulam, Vavuniya | 9 | Army | [239] | |
Peruveli refugee camp massacre | 15 July 1986 | Peruveli, Trincomalee | 48 | 20 injured, many women raped | Army, Home Guards | [240][241] |
Thanduvan bus massacre | 17 July 1986 | Thanduvan, Mullaitivu | 17 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[242] | |
Manalchenai massacre | 18 July 1986 | Manalchenai, Trincomalee | 67 | 7 women raped | Army | [243][244] |
Murder of T.Markandu and his son Chandradasan | 28 July 1986 | Ariyakulam, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [245] | |
Murder of V.Nalliah | 28 July 1986 | Karainagar, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | [246] | |
Batticaloa Munnai street massacre | 18 September 1986 | Batticaloa | 47 | Army | [247] | |
Killing of pregnant woman Mrs. Selvanayakam (18) | 12 October 1986 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | [248] | |
Kurikattuvan massacre | 16 October 1986 | Kurikattuvan, Jaffna | 13 | Navy | [249] | |
Jaffna Hospital bombing | 29 October 1986 | Jaffna | 4 | 32 injured | Army | [250] |
Massacre of Batticaloa refugees | 31 October 1986 | Batticaloa | 6 | Army | [251] | |
Bombing of Periya-porativu | 2 November 1986 | Periya-porativu, Batticaloa | several killed | 20 houses damaged, >1000 made homeless | Army | [252] |
Jaffna bombings | 11 November 1986 | Jaffna | 6 | 42 injured | Army | [253] |
Periya-pullumalai massacre | 11 November 1986 | Periya-pullumalai, Ampara | 20 | 3 women raped, 25 others abducted and believed dead | Army | [254][255] |
Murder of Iruthayan Michael Collins | 15 November 1986 | Akkaraipattu, Ampara | 1 | STF | [256] | |
Valaichenai killings | 19 November 1986 | Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | [257] | |
Murder of Gopalasingham | 21 November 1986 | Mulliyawalai, Mullaitivu | 1 | 1 injured, wristlet stolen | Army | [258] |
Coolavady colony massacre | 23 November 1986 | Coolavady colony, Batticaloa | 3 | 20 injured | STF | [256] |
Kalmunai police rampage | 13 December 1986 | Kalmunai, Ampara | 4 | 50 houses, 5 cars, a Hindu Temple, 3 Rice Mills and a lorry destroyed | Police, STF | [259] |
Attacks on civilians during the suppression of the 2nd JVP insurrection | 1987-89 | Nationwide | 60,000-80,000 | Government | [260][261][262][263][264][265][266][20] | |
Prawn farm massacre / Kokkadichcholai massacre | 27-29 January 1987 | Kokkadichcholai, Batticaloa | 200+ | Police (STF) | [267][268][269][270][271] | |
Jaffna bombings | 7 March 1987 | Jaffna | 21 | 100 injured | Air Force | [272][273] |
Jaffna girls' school bombing | April 1987 | Martin Road, Jaffna | 15 | Air Force | [274] | |
Bombing of Jaffna peninsula | 22-26 April 1987 | Jaffna | scores | hundreds injured and hundreds of houses, shops, businesses destroyed | Sri Lanka Armed Forces | [274] |
Valalai massacre | 20 May 1987 | Valalai, Jaffna | 9 | Army | [275] | |
Bombing of Kankesanthurai Sivan Kovil | May 1987 | Kankesanthurai Road, Jaffna | 17 | Air Force | [276][277] | |
Polikandy search operation killings | May 1987 | Polikandy, Jaffna | 20 | Army | [278] | |
Bombing of Suthumalai Amman Kovil | 25 May 1987 | Suthumalai, Jaffna | 7 | Army | [279][277] | |
St. James School shelling | 25 May 1987 | Main Street, Jaffna | 8 | Army | [279][277] | |
Alvai Muthumariamman temple shelling | 29 May 1987 | Alvai, Jaffna | 75 | many injured | Army | [277][276][280] |
Killings of Nelliady Murugan temple refugees | 31 May 1987 | Nelliady, Jaffna | 3 | one injured | Army | [276] |
Killings of Puttalai Pillayar Kovil refugees | 1 June 1987 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 6 | Army | [276] | |
Bombing of Neervely Kandaswamy temple | 6 June 1987 | Neervely, Jaffna | 25 | Temple destroyed | Air Force | [281] |
Pavatkuli Chenai Pillaiyar Kovil massacre | 3 July 1987 | Pavatkuli Chenai, Batticaloa | 48 | STF | [282] | |
Tissamaharama massacre | November 1987 | Tissamaharama | scores | Sri Lankan Armed Forces | [283] | |
Batticaloa police rampage | 24 December 1987 | Batticaloa | 25 | shops and houses burnt | Police | [284] |
Eppawala massacre | 20 March 1989 | Eppawala | 14 | Black Cats | [285] | |
1989 Kandy massacre | 16 September 1989 | Several places in Kandy District | 100-150 | Eagles of the Central Hills | [286][287] | |
Hambantota district massacres | 21 December 1989 | Hambantota, Tissamaharama, Ambalantota, Beliatta | 177 | Army, Police | [288] | |
Nittambuwa massacre | 27 February 1990 | Nittambuwa | 12 | Police | [289] | |
Killings of Tamils in Amparai | June - October 1990 | Amparai | 3,000 | government forces | [290] | |
Disappearances of Tamils in Batticaloa | June - December 1990 | Batticaloa | 1,500 | government forces | [290] | |
Sammanthurai massacre | 10 June 1990 | Sammanthurai, Ampara | 37 | Home Guards | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[291] | |
Kalmunai massacre | 12 June 1990 | Kalmunai, Ampara | 160-250 | Army | [292][293][294][295] | |
Vavuniya massacre | 13 June 1990 | Vavuniya | 15 | Army | [296] | |
Trincomalee Base Hospital mass arrest and disappearances | 15 June 1990 | Base Hospital, Trincomalee | 30 | Army | [297] | |
Thiriyai massacre | June 1990 (mid) | Thiriyai, Trincomalee | 25-35 | Army | [298] | |
Vellaveli massacre | June 1990 | Vellaveli, Batticaloa | 15 | Army | [299] | |
Kalmunai massacres | 22-23 June 1990 | Kalmunai, Ampara | 36+ | Army | [300] | |
Veeramunai massacres | 20 June 1990 - 15 August 1990 | Veeramunai, Ampara | 253 | Home Guards | [301][302] | |
China Bay Police custody killings | 4 July 1990 | China Bay, Trincomalee | 5 | Police | [297] | |
Mannar arson attacks | 8 July 1990 | Mannar-Murunkan road, Mannar | 64 houses, 32 shops and 2 hospitals burned; 20 houses and 10+ shops robbed | Army | [303] | |
Kalmunai massacre | 10 July 1990 | Kalmunai, Ampara | 31 | Army, Home Guards | [304] | |
McHeyzer Stadium mass arrest and disappearances | 11 July 1990 | Plantain Point Army Camp, Trincomalee | 52 | Army | [297] | |
Paranthan junction massacre | 24 July 1990 | Paranthan, Kilinochchi | 10 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[305] | |
Siththandy massacre | 20 July 1990 and 27 July 1990 | Siththandy, Batticaloa | 137 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[306] | |
Pottuvil massacre | 30 July 1990 | Pottuvil, Ampara | 125 | Army | [307][308][309] | |
Tiraikerny massacre | 6 August 1990 | Tiraikerny, Ampara | 40 | Home Guards | [310][311] | |
Xavierpuram massacre | 7 August 1990 | Alikampai, Ampara | 7 | 1 disappeared, 12 badly injured; houses, church and school burned | Home Guards | [312][313] |
Kalmunai massacres | 11-12 August 1990 | Karaitivu military camp, Ampara | 62 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[314] | |
Thuranilavani massacre | 12 August 1990 | Thuranilavani, Batticaloa | 60+ | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[315] | |
Koraveli massacre | 14 August 1990 | Koraveli, Batticaloa | 15 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[316] | |
Nelliyady market bombing | 29 August 1990 | Nelliyady, Jaffna | 16 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[317] | |
Eastern University massacre (September 1990) | 5 September 1990 | Vantharumulai, Batticaloa | 158 | Army | [143][318][319] | |
Batticaloa massacre / Sathurukondan massacre | 9 September 1990 | Batticaloa | 205 | Army | [143][320][321][322][323][324][325] | |
Natpiddimunai massacre | 10 September 1990 | Natpiddimunai, Ampara | 23 | Police STF | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[326] | |
Bombing of Uthayan newspaper office | 27 September 1990 | Jaffna | 1 | Air Force | [327] | |
Killing of Tamils in Pottuvil | October 1990 | Pottuvil, Ampara | 160 | Police STF | [290] | |
Chavakachcheri market massacre | 9 October 1990 | Chavakachcheri, Jaffna | 12 | Army | [328] | |
Karaitivu massacre | 13 October 1990 | Karaitivu, Ampara | 20 | STF | [329] | |
Karainagar naval attack | 15 November 1990 | Karainagar, Jaffna | 5 | 12 injured | Navy | [330] |
Oddusuddan bombing | 27 November 1990 | Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu | 12 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[331] | |
Vaddukkoddai bombing | 15 December 1990 | Vaddukkoddai, Jaffna | 1 | 2 injured | Air Force | [332] |
Velanai bombing | 16 December 1990 | Velanai Jaffna | 4 | several injured | Air Force | [332] |
Thathamalai massacre | 17 December 1990 | Thathamalai, Batticaloa | 5 | Army | [332] | |
Massacre of Tamil civilians near Samadhu Pillaiyar Temple | 18 December 1990 | Trincomalee | 5 | Army | [332] | |
Murder of toddy tapper Swakim (45) | 22 December 1990 | Karampon, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [332] | |
Valaichchenai massacre | 22 December 1990 | Valaichchenai, Batticaloa | 9 | Home guards | [332] | |
Shelling of Valikamam North | 22 December 1990 | Valikamam, Jaffna | 1 | 2 injured, several houses damaged | Army | [332] |
Puthukudiyiruppu bombing | 31 January 1991 | Puthukudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 23 | 13 injured | Air Force | [333][334] |
Valvettithurai bombings | 20-23 January 1991 | Valvettithurai, Jaffna | 10 | 20 injured, 101 houses destroyed, 451 damaged, 6 temples, one church and 4 schools bombed | Air Force | [334] |
Murukandy temple bombing | January 1991 | Murukandy, Kilinochchi | 3 | Air Force | [333][334] | |
Jaffna bombings | February 1991 (first week) | Jaffna | 27 | 25 injured, 500 houses destroyed, 100 other buildings destroyed | Air Force | [335] |
Vankalai junction massacre | 17 February 1991 | Vankalai, Mannar | 4 | Army | [328] | |
Eravur massacre | 20 February 1991 | Eravur, Batticaloa | 6 | 25 seriously wounded injured | Home Guards | [328][336] |
Iruthayapuram massacre | 30 March 1991 | Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa | 11 | Police | [328] | |
Nayanmar Thidal massacre | 12 April 1991 | Nayanmar Thidal, Tampalakamam, Trincomalee | 4 | Army | [337] | |
Kokkadichcholai massacre | 12 June 1991 | Kokkadichcholai, Batticaloa | 152-220 | Army | [143][268][269][319][338][339][340] | |
Disappearances of Tamils in Batticaloa | January - November 1992 | Batticaloa | 400 | government forces | [341] | |
Mandur massacre | April 1992 | Mandur, Batticaloa | 8 | Army, Paramilitaries | [342] | |
Tampalakamam massacre | April 1992 | Tampalakamam, Trincomalee | 4 | Army | [341] | |
Polonnaruwa massacre | 29 April 1992 | Muthugal and Karapola | 87 | Home Guards, Police |
[143][343][344] | |
Vathappali Kannagi Amman temple massacre | 18 May 1992 | Vathappali, Mullaitivu | 23 | 30 injured | Army | [345] |
Sri Durga Devi temple massacre | 31 May 1992 | Tellipalai, Jaffna | 6 | 25 seriously injured, 100 received minor injuries | Air Force | [346] |
Mylanthanai massacre | 9 August 1992 | Mylanthanai, Batticaloa | 35-50 | Army | [143][347][348][349] | |
Paliyadivaddai massacre | 24 October 1992 | Paliyadivaddai, Batticaloa | 10-11 | [350] | ||
1993 Jaffna lagoon massacre / Kilaly massacre | 2 January 1993 | Jaffna Lagoon | 50-100 | Navy | [351][352][353][354][355] | |
Kalviankadu massacre | 27 July 1993 | Kalviankadu, Jaffna | 6 | Air Force | [356] | |
Jaffna lagoon massacre | 29 July 1993 | Jaffna Lagoon | 19 | Navy | [356] | |
Chundikulam massacre | 18 February 1994 | Chundikulam, Kilinochchi | 10 | Navy | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[357] | |
1994 Jaffna lagoon massacre | 27 February 1994 | Jaffna Lagoon | 30 | Air Force | [358] | |
Pulmoddai massacre | 6 May 1995 | Pulmoddai, Trincomalee | 5 | Army | [359] | |
Navaly church bombing | 9 July 1995 | Navaly, Jaffna | 125-150 | Air Force | [360][361][362] | |
Bolgoda killings | April–September 1995 | Colombo | 31 | STF | [363] | |
Nagerkovil school bombing | 22 September 1995 | Nagerkovil, Jaffna | 71-113 | Air Force | [364][365][366] | |
Jaffna killings | October 1995 | Jaffna | 104 | 194 injured | Air Force, Army | [367] |
Kumarapuram massacre / Trincomalee massacre / Killiveddy massacre | 11 February 1996 | Kumarapuram, Trincomalee | 26 | Army | [368][369][370][371][372] | |
Nachchikuda strafing | 16 March 1996 | Poonagari, Jaffna | 16 | Army | [373][374] | |
Kilinochchi town massacre | August 1996 | Kilinochchi | 184 | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[375] | |
Disappearances and mass graves in Jaffna | 1995-1996 | Jaffna, Chemmani | 600 | Army | [376][377][378] | |
Murder of Kandiah Vijayanathan (21) | 18 December 1996 | Meesalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Murders of Thevarajah Vigneswaran (22) and Somasundaram Sivakumar (22) | 11 January 1997 | Karainagar, Jaffna | 2 | Navy | [379] | |
Murder of Ratnasabapathy Vigneswaran (40) | 17 January 1997 | Ponnalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Murder of Rasalingam Ratnasingam (45) | 23 January 1997 | Kokkuvil, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Murders of Nagamutthu Rajendram (40) and Krishnan Perampalam (32) | 28 February 1997 | Sangaratthai, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [379] | |
Murder of Nadarajah | March 1997 | Chankanai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Murder of Pakianathan Aingaran (18) | 17 March 1997 | Nacchimar Kovil, Jaffna | 1 | 2 others injured | Army | [379] |
Murder of Tharmarajah Janarthanan | 29 March 1997 | Karainagar, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | [379] | |
Murder of Sivarajah Manivannan | 7 April 1997 | Alaveddy, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Murder of Kanapathippilai Pratheepan | 8 April 1997 | Anaikkottai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Rape and murder of Murugesapillai Koneswary | 17 May 1997 | Amparai | 1 | Army | [380][381] | |
Murder of Kandasamy Rathinamma | 20 May 1997 | Inuvil West, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [379] | |
Murder of Kathiravelu Suresh (33) | 20 May 1997 | Kokkuvil, Jaffna | 1 | 1 other injured | Army | [379] |
Vavunikulam church bombing | 18 August 1997 | Vavunikulam, Mullaitivu | 9 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[382] | |
Tamil 4th colony massacre | 24 September 1997 | Amparai | 8-15 | Home Guards | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[383] | |
Kalutara Tamil prisoner massacre | 12 December 1997 | Kalutara | 3 | Sinhala prisoners incited by prison officials | [384][385] | |
Tampalakamam massacre | 1 February 1998 | Tampalakamam, Trincomalee | 8 | Police, Home Guards |
[386][387][388] | |
Army shelling of civilian areas in Karayakkanthivu | 4 February 1998 | Karayakkanthivu, Batticaloa | 9 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[389] | |
Satha Sagaya Maatha Church bombing | 4 March 1998 | Murasumoddai, Kilinochchi | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[390] | ||
Killing of Peethaambaram Sashikala (6) | 11 March 1998 | Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[391] | |
Vattakkachchi and Periyakulam bombings | 26 March 1998 | Vaddakachchi, Periyakulam, Kilinochchi | 8 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[392] | |
Murder of Vijayakumari | 16 April 1998 | Point Pedro, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[393] | |
Killing of Kilinochchi Christian priests | 7 June 1998 | Kanakampikaikkulam, Kilinochchi | 2 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[394] | |
Suthanthirapuram bombing | 10 June 1998 | Suthanthirapuram, Mullaitivu | 20+ | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[395] | |
Paythali shelling | 31 July 1998 | Paythali, Batticaloa | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[396] | ||
Torture of Thambirajah Kamalathasan | July 1998 | Colombo | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[397] | ||
Kilinochchi-Mullaithivu bombing | 14 November 1998 | Kilinochchi-Mullaithivu | 2 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[398] | |
Kilinochchi bombing | 24 November 1998 | Kilinochchi-Mullaithivu | 4 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[399] | |
Visuvamadu shelling | 25 November 1998 | Puthukkudiyiruppu | 8 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[400] | |
Chundikulam bombing | 2 December 1998 | Chundikulam, Kilinochchi | 7 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[401] | |
Eravur killings | 26 April 1999 | Eravur, Batticaloa | 3 | 17 seriously wounded | Police | [402] |
Gang rape and murder of Ida Carmelitta | 12 July 1999 | Mannar Town | 1 | Army | [403] | |
Gang rape and murder of Sarathambal | 12 July 1999 | Pungudutivu, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | [403][404][405] | |
Torture of three Tamil students | 10 September 1999 | Colombo | Police | [406] | ||
Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing | 15 September 1999 | Puthukkudiyiruppu | 21 | Air Force | [407] | |
Jaffna Lagoon massacre | 15 September 1999 | Thenmaradchi | 7 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[408] | |
Murder of A.Yogeswary, 34 and her daughter, V.Nageswaray, 14 | 29 September 1999 | Kaluwankerni, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[409] | |
Murder of S.Vinayakam, 58 | 1 November 1999 | Kathiraveli, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[410] | |
Madhu church shelling | 20 November 1999 | Madhu, Mannar | 40 | Air Force | [411][412] | |
Murder of Rasalingam Sooriyaprabakaran, 18 | 2 January 2000 | Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[413] | |
Murder of Jabir | 15 February 2000 | Kinniya, Trincomalee | 1 | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[414] | |
Navy attack on Tamil village of Salli | 25 February 2000 | Salli, Trincomalee | 8 houses burned, villagers assaulted | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[415] | |
Pallikuda bombing | 12 May 2000 | Pallikuda, Kilinochchi | 5 | Air Force | [416] | |
Silivaturai massacre | 13 May 2000 | Silivaturai | 5 | Navy | [416] | |
Columbuthurai massacre | 15 May 2000 | Columbuthurai, Jaffna | 5 | Army | [416] | |
Bombing of Poonthoddam village | 2 July 2000 | Poonthoddam, Vavuniya | 1 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[417] | |
Kaddumurivu murders | 17 July 2000 | Kaddumurivu, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[418] | |
Morokkoddaanchenai murders | 9 August 2000 | Morokkoddaanchenai, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[419] | |
Bindunuwewa massacre | 25 October 2000 | Bindunuwewa | 25 | Mobs, Police, Army | [420] | |
Murder of Shanmugaraja Swarnahasan and Mahalingam Thamiran | 14 December 2000 | Iqbal Nagar, Trincomalee | 2 | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[421] | |
Murder of Arulanantham Kamalanathan (29), and Sinnathamby Sivakumar | 14 December 2000 | Poovarasankulam, Vavuniya | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[422] | |
Murder of Vasanthi Ganeshamoorthy, 16 | 17 December 2000 | Eravur, Batticaloa | 1 | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[423] | |
Mirusuvil massacre | 20 December 2000 | Mirusuvil, Jaffna | 8 | Army | [424][425][426][427] | |
Bombing of Trincomalee Tamil villages | 22 January 2001 | Chenaiyur, Kaddaiparichchan, Sampur and Sudaikuda, Trincomalee | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[428] | ||
Murder of Uthayakumar | 28 February 2001 | Tharapuram, Mannar | 1 | Navy | [429][430] | |
Bombing of Kombavil and Puthukudiyiruppu villages | 16 March 2001 | Kombavil, Puthukkudiyiruppu | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[431] | ||
Bombing of Chundikulam and Puthumaathalan villages | 21 March 2001 | Chundikulam, Puthumaathalan, Mullaitivu | 6 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[432] | |
Bombing of Soodaikkudah village | 15 April 2001 | Soodaikkudah, Trincomalee | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[433] | ||
Knifing of Sinnathamby Kandaiah | 29 September 2001 | Jaffna | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[434] | ||
Attack on Tamil civilians in Nilaveli | 30 April 2002 | Nilaveli, Trincomalee | 2 injured | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[435] | |
Murder of Ponnar Gnaneswaran | 7 January 2003 | Thondamanaru, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[436] | |
Bombing of Kiran Methodist Church | 27 April 2005 | Kiran, Batticaloa | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[437] | ||
2005 Inuvil shooting and protests | 4 August 2005 | Inuvil, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [438][439] | |
Murder of Tamil civilian protestor | 28 October 2005 | Puthur East, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[440] | |
Murder of Sellathamby Punniyamoorthy | 2 November 2005 | Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[441] | |
Disappearances of Uthayan Selvarajah, Subramaniam Kanapathipillai and S. Leethan | 6 November 2005 | Kaluwankerny, Batticaloa | 3 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[442] | |
Murder of two Jaffna farmers | 1 December 2005 | Neerveli, Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[443] | |
Murders of Yogarasa Yogeswary and Thurairasa Vathany | 8 December 2005 | Palacholai, Batticaloa | 2 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[444] | |
Murder and rape of Ilaiyathambi Tharsini | 16 December 2005 | Pungudutivu, Jaffna | 1 | Navy | [445][446][447][448] | |
Pesalai massacre | 23 December 2005 | Pesalai, Mannar | 4 | Navy | [449][450] | |
Killing of Markandu Pushpamalar | 24 December 2005 | Chavakachcheri, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [449][451] | |
Murders of two Tamil youth in Santhiveli | 26 December 2005 | Santhiveli, Batticaloa | 2 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[452] | |
Murders of Kilinochchi civilians | 27 December 2005 | Kilinochchi, Kanakarayankulam, Pallai | 5 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[453] | |
Murders of Tamil civilians at Mutthirai Junction | 28 December 2005 | Nallur, Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[454] | |
2006-2007 disappearances of Tamils | 2006-2007 | Northern Province, Eastern Province, Colombo | Hundreds | most feared dead | Government forces | [455] |
Disappearance of Tamil youth Kandasamy Ilamaran | 2006 | Omanthai, Vavuniya | 1 | Army | [456] | |
Trincomalee student massacre | 2 January 2006 | Trincomalee | 5 | Police (STF) | [457][458][459][460] | |
Murder of Rasaratnam Kuganenthiran | 5 January 2006 | Kiran, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[461] | |
Murder of Kumutha Mahenthiran | 6 January 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[462] | |
Murder of Kandasamy Shanmuganathan | 8 January 2006 | Thevapuram, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[463] | |
Disappearance of Rajeevmohan | 10 January 2006 | Ilavalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[464] | |
Murder of P. Sivasankar | 11 January 2006 | Meesalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[465] | |
Murder of Thambu Nadesu | 11 January 2006 | Puthur, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[466] | |
Murder of Tamil civilian traveler | 11 January 2006 | Kokkuvil, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[467] | |
Murder of farmer S. Thanabalasingham | 12 January 2006 | Lingapuram, Trincomalee | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[468] | |
Murder of Sellathurai Yogarajah | 15 January 2006 | Kodikamam, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[469] | |
Murders of Bojan family members | 16 January 2006 | Manipay, Jaffna | 3 | Army | [470][471] | |
Murder of Thurairajah Ravichandran | 21 January 2006 | Kayts, Jaffna | 1 | EPDP, Army | [472][473] | |
2006 murder of TRO workers | 31 January 2006 | Batticaloa | 7 | TMVP | [474] | |
Shooting of Kailasapillai Raveendran | 20 February 2006 | Vantharomoolai, Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[475] | ||
Murder of Navarasan | 20 February 2006 | Kiran, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[476] | |
Serial killings and disappearances of 62 Tamil civilians | 3 March 2006 - 21 April 2006 | Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Mannar | 62 | Army, TMVP | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[477] | |
Murder of Kovinthan Vijeyarasa | 9 March 2006 | Eravur, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[478] | |
Abduction of 16 Tamil youth in Batticaloa | 13 March 2006 - 14 March 2006 | Valaichennai, Vaharai, Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[479] | ||
Indiscriminate firing on over 2000 Tamil civilians in Trincomalee villages | 20 March 2006 | Sampur, Soodaikuda, Koonitivu, and Kadatkarachchenai, Trincomalee | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[480] | ||
Murder of Kulathunga Regikanth | 25 March 2006 | Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[481] | |
2006 anti-Tamil riots in Trincomalee | 12 April 2006 | Trincomalee | 19 | Sinhalese mobs, Navy, Army | [482][483] | |
Murder of Ramalingam Sakilan | 17 April 2006 | Meesalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[484] | |
Murder of Mr. Easan | 17 April 2006 | Santhiveli, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[485] | |
Murder of mason Thiyagarasa Thaskumar | 18 April 2006 | Mavadivembu, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[486] | |
Vatharavathai massacre | 19 April 2006 | Vatharavathai, Jaffna | 5 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[487] | |
Murder of Tamil youth in Kanniya | 20 April 2006 | Kanniya, Trincomalee | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[488] | |
Murder of Pakkiaraja Baskaran | 22 April 2006 | Barathipuram, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[489] | |
Kanthasamy Nallammah murder | 22 April 2006 | Kavatikudah, Trincomalee | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[490][491] | |
Claymore mine attack in Mannar | 22 April 2006 | Pandivirichchan, Mannar | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[492] | |
Murder of Manickam Rajeevan | 24 April 2006 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[493] | |
Murder of Kanagaratnam Lingeswaran | 24 April 2006 | Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[494] | |
Murder of Rasanayagam Jegan | 24 April 2006 | Vavuniya | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | [495][496] | |
Attack on Muthur villages by SL Navy, Army, and Air Force | 25 April 2006 | Trincomalee | 16 | SL Navy, Army, and SLAF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[497][498][499] | |
Murder of Senthilnathan in Vavuniya | 26 April 2006 | Vavuniya | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[500] | |
Murder of Tamil civilian male | 1 May 2006 | Jaffna | 1 | SL Navy | [501] | |
Attack on Uthayan Daily Press Office | 2 May 2006 | Jaffna | 2 | Army | [501] | |
Jaffna civilian youths massacre | 4 May 2006 | Jaffna | 7 | Army | [502] | |
Manthuvil massacre | 8 May 2006 | Manthuvil, Jaffna | 8 | Army | [503] | |
Aerial bombardment in Vanni | 11 May 2006 | Kilinochchi - Mullaithivu | 2 civilians wounded | Sri Lankan Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[504] | |
Murder of Seenithamby Yogeswaran | 11 May 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | [505] | |
Abduction of six youths | 11 May 2006 | Jaffna | 6 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[506] | |
Allaipiddy massacre | 13 May 2006 | Allaipiddy, Jaffna | 13 | Navy, EPDP | [507][508][509] | |
Murder of Parameswaran Kapilan | 14 May 2006 | Kopay, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[510] | |
Murder of Thiyakarajah Kirupaharan and Jeyaratnam Jeyakanthan | 14 May 2006 | Nilavarai, Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[511] | |
Murder of Arunachalam Suresh Gunapalan | 22 May 2006 | Vidathalpallai near Muhamalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [512] | |
Murder of Chandran Linton and Rasarathinam Mohan | 22 May 2006 | Periya Pandivirichan, Mannar | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[513] | |
Murder of Tamil youth in Chenkalady | 23 May 2006 | Chenkalady, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[514] | |
Murder of Puvanendran Bolder Mayooran | 26 May 2006 | Ariyalai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | [515] | |
Murder of Ratnam Ratnarajah | 26 May 2006 | Kalviyankadu, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[516] | |
Murder of school boys Kanapathy Balu and Vinayagamoorthy Nanthan | 27 May 2006 | Thikiliveddai, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[517] | |
Murder of communications center owner Sabesan | 28 May 2006 | Vaddukkodai, Jaffna | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[518] | |
Murder of Suntharalingam Ravichandran | 29 May 2006 | Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[519] | |
Murder of Nagarajah Selvarajah and Nadarajah Nageswaran | 29 May 2006 | Valikamam, Jaffna | 2 | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[520] | |
Abduction and disappearance of Selvarajah Gajanathan | 2 June 2006 | Kaddaiparichchan, Trincomalee | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[521] | |
Murder of Mr. Nalliah Vimalendran and Thambirajah Sithiravadeivel | 3 June 2006 | Batticaloa | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[522] | |
Murder of Sivalingam Rajanikanth | 6 June 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[523] | |
Nedunkal pressure mine attack | 7 June 2006 | Nedunkal, Batticaloa | 10 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[524] | |
Vankalai massacre | 8 June 2006 | Vankalai, Mannar | 4 | Army | [525][526][527] | |
Abduction of 6 Tamil students | 9 June 2006 | Batticaloa | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[528] | ||
Murder of Kathirgamathamby Mathivanan and Mohamed Remis | 10 June 2006 | Trincomalee | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[529] | |
Murder of N. Balasingam | 12 June 2006 | Vavuniya | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[530] | |
Murder of Batticaloa Tamil civilian | 14 June 2006 | Natrapaalathadi, Batticaloa | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[531] | |
Murder of Tamil civilians in Trincomalee | 16 June 2006 | Periyakulam | 3 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[532] | |
Murder of Kathamuthu Rajanayagam | 13 June 2006 | Santhiveli, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[533] | |
Pesalai Church attack | 17 June 2006 | Pesalai, Mannar | 6 | Navy | [534][535][536] | |
Murder of Iyathurai Nirmalakumaran | 20 June 2006 | Kommathurai, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[537] | |
Abduction and disappearance of Thayaparan Subaraj | 21 June 2006 | Kattankudi, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[538] | |
Disappearance of Kanesan Sivanesan | 29 June 2006 | Inuvil, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[539] | |
Murder of Tamil civilian in Sambaltivu | 30 June 2006 | Sambaltivu junction, Trincomalee | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[540] | |
Murder of Sathasivam Mathuri | 30 June 2006 | Athiyady, Jaffna | 1 | Army, EPDP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[541] | |
Murder of Gnanasekaram Santhiran | 30 June 2006 | Chenkalady, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[542] | |
Abduction of Krishnapillai Kamalanathan | 2 July 2006 | Valaichchenai, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[543] | |
Murder in Kaluwanchikudy | 3 July 2006 | Kaluwanchikudy, Batticaloa | 1 | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[544] | |
Murder of unidentified Tamil man | 3 July 2006 | Thandikulam HSZ, Vavuniya | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[545] | |
Abduction and disappearance of 35 Tamil children | 7 July 2006 to 8 July 2006 | Thivuchenai, Karuppalai, Pethalai, Sorivil, Sevanapitty, Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[546] | ||
Abduction of 3 Tamil youths from Pethalai village | 8 July 2006 | Valaichenai, Batticaloa | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[547] | ||
Murder of Seenithamby Sellan | 10 July 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[548] | |
Murder of two Tamil civilian youths | 10 July 2006 | Mannar | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[549] | |
Murder of youth in Batticaloa | 14 July 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[550] | |
Murder of Arumugam Kalakaran | 16 July 2006 | Kalkudah, Paddiyadichenai, Valaichchenai, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[551] | |
Disappearance of Nadarasha Surendran, Shanmugam Ariyan, and Kanthashamy Mohanraj | 17 July 2006 | Paddiyadychenai, Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 3 | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[552] | |
Murder of Nadarajah Ravindrakumar and Krishnapillai Srikrishnan | 20 July 2006 | Inuvil junction and Irupalai, Jaffna | 2 | GoSL-controlled paramilitaries | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[553] | |
Murder of Sindathurai Christy Anton | 20 July 2006 | Manatkulam Junction, Mannar | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[554] | |
Disappearance of Rasathurai Inthirarajah | 23 July 2006 | Jaffna | 1 | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[555] | |
Murder of two Tamil civilians | 26 July 2006 | Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[556] | |
Murder of Sriskandarajah Lavan, and injury of Murukaiah Sivanandan and Kathriththamby Murukesan | 26 July 2006 | Punnalaikadduvan South, Jaffna | 1 | Paramilitary operatives collaborating with the SLA | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[557] | |
Batticaloa-Trincomalee ambulance attack | 3 August 2006 | Seruvila, Trincomalee District | 3 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[558] | |
Indiscriminate artillery fire of Muttur | 4 August 2006 | Trincomalee | 22 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[559] | |
SLA shelling in Batticaloa | 4 August 2006 | Batticaloa | 3 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[560]< | |
Murder of Pon. Ganeshamoorthy | 4 August 2006 | Thirunelvely, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[561] | |
Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers / Muttur massacre, Trincomalee District | 4 August 2006 | Muttur | 17 | Police, Home Guards |
[562][563] | |
Murder of Kaththamuthu Perinaparasa | 5 August 2006 | Kiliveddy, Muttur, Trincomalee District | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[564] | |
Shelling of Nallur and Upooral villages | 6 August 2006 | Muttur and Eachchilampathu, Trincomalee District | 15 | Army and Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[565] | |
Ambulance shelling | 6 August 2006 | Pachchanoor, Muttur-Batticaloa road | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[566] | |
Valaichchenai murder of Kanapathipillai Kamalanathan | 7 August 2006 | Kurinchi Nagar, Valaichchenai, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP working with Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[567] | |
Murder of Kandasamy Govindarajah | 9 August 2006 | Meeravodai, Kalodavi, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP with security cover by Army and Police | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[568] | |
Killing of Tamil civilians in Kathiraveli | 10 August 2006 | Kathiraveli and surrounding villages, Batticaloa | 50 | 200 injured, and over 1,000 displaced | Air Force and Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[569] |
Disappearance of Tamil civilians by GoSL-controlled Karuna paramilitaries | 11 August 2006 - 13 August 2006 | Batticaloa | 15 | Army and TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[570] | |
Artillery attack on Jaffna Hindu devotees | 12 August 2006 | Near Muhamalai, Jaffna | 7 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[571] | |
St. Philip Neri Church shelling | 13 August 2006 | Allaipiddy, Jaffna | 40 | Army | [572][573][574][575][576] | |
Chencholai bombing | 14 August 2006 | Mullaitivu | 61 | Air Force | [577][578][579][580] | |
Uthayan delivery van attack | 15 August 2006 | Puthur junction near Atchchuveli, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[581] | |
Alayadivembu killings | 16 August 2006 | Alayadivembu Ward No: 8, Akkaraipattu Police division, Ampara | 3 | Special Task Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[582] | |
Murder of 2 Tamil men | 19 August 2006 | Karaveddy, Vadamarachchi East, Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[583] | |
Killings of Catholic priest Fr. Jim Brown and Wenceslaus Vimalathas | 20 August 2006 | Allaipiddy, Jaffna | 2 | Navy | [584] | |
Sampoor shelling and bombing | 28 August 2006 | Sampoor, Trincomalee | 20 | Army and Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[585] | |
Murder of Periyathamby Veluppillai | 30 August 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | Army and TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[586] | |
Murder of K.Thavarajah | 30 August 2006 | Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[587] | |
Abduction and murder of 16 Tamil youths | 31 August 2006 | Pattaniyoor, Nelukkulam, Sundarapuram, and Maravankulam, Batticaloa | 16 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[588] | |
Murder of Thiayagarajah Senthooran, Shanmuganathan Nagendran and Kandiah Karunakaran | 4 September 2006 | Valaichenai-Kalkudah police division in Batticaloa district | 3 | TMVP and Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[589] | |
Batticaloa paramilitary shootings | 4 September 2006 | Valaichchenai-Kalkudah, Batticaloa | 3 | Army and paramilitary gunmen | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[589] | |
Jaffna civilian shootings | 4 September 2006 | Jaffna | 3 | Army | [576] | |
Murder of Krishnapillai Sivananthan | 5 September 2006 | Mavadivembu, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[590] | |
Kathiraveli MBRL attack | 5 September 2006 | Kathiraveli, Batticaloa | 3 | Army | [576][591] | |
Jaffna multiple murders | 8 September 2006 | Jaffna | 5 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[592] | |
2006 Jaffna multiple murders | 15 September 2006 | Iuduvil, Innuvil, Anaikoddai, Kalviyankadu | 7 | 1 injured | Army or GoSL controlled paramilitaries | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[593] |
Multiple civilian murders by GoSL agents in Jaffna and Kalviankadu | 15 September 2006-16 September 2006 | Various locations | 6 | Army and GoSL agents | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[593] | |
Murder of Murukesu Sivarasa | 17 September 2006 | Nasivanthivu, Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[594] | |
Murder of Shanmuganathan Sureshkumar and Selvarajah Shanthakumar | 18 September 2006 | Kondavil, Karaveddi, Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[595] | |
Disappearance of three Batticaloa Tamil youth | 19 September 2006 | Santhiveli, Batticaloa | Army and TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[596] | ||
Murder of teacher Thirunavukarasu Sivagnaselvam (32) | 11 October 2006 | Valaichchenai, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | [597] | |
Shooting of two youth in Jaffna | 11 October 2006 | Vadamarachchi, Jaffna | 2 | Army | [598] | |
Kaiveli bombing | 16 October 2006 | Kaiveli, Mullaitivu | 2 | 15 wounded | Air Force | [599] |
Vaharai mortar attack | 2 November 2006 | Vaharai, Batticaloa | 2 | Army | [600] | |
Killing of Mary Theresa Anton (49) | 2 November 2006 | Kilinochchi | 1 | Air Force | [601] | |
Kilinochchi bombing | 2 November 2006 | Kilinochchi | 5 | Air Force | [602] | |
Vaharai Bombing / Vaharai Shelling | 7 November 2006 | Kathiraveli, Batticaloa | 47 | 160 injured | Army | [603][604] |
Massacre at Thandikulam | 19 November 2006 | Thandikulam, Vavuniya | 5 | Police, Army | [605][606][607] | |
Padahuthurai bombing / Illuppaikadavai bombing | 2 January 2007 | Illuppaikadavai, Mannar | 16 | Air Force | [608][609][610][611] | |
Murders of Tharmalingam Ganesalingam (59) and Vetrivel Mahendran (52) | 5 January 2007 | Nedunkerny, Vavuniya | 2 | 2 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[612] |
Vaharai massacre | 8 January 2007 | Vaharai, Batticaloa | 3 | 11 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[613] |
Murder of Yogarajah Nixon (23) | 9 January 2007 | Nanaddan, Mannar | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[614] | |
Verugal bombing | 9 January 2007 | Verugal, Trincomalee | 2 | 9 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[615] |
Murder of Gracian Panumathy (34) | 21 January 2007 | Alvai, Jaffna | 1 | 2 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[616] |
Murder of Sinnarajah Suresh (18) | 17 February 2007 | Kumankulam, Vavuniya | 1 | 2 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[617] |
Murder of Mohammad Cassim (60) | 19 February 2007 | Eravur, Batticaloa | 9 | 1 injured | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[618] |
Murder of student Krishnan Kamalathas (24) | 19 February 2007 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[619] | |
Parasankulam bombing | 20 February 2007 | Parasankulam, Vavuniya | 2 | 1 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[620] |
Murder of Siluvairasa Amalanesan (33) | 27 February 2007 | Madhu, Mannar | 1 | 1 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[621] |
Murder of Rasenthiram Ilanchelvan (32) | 28 February 2007 | Chavakachcheri, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[622] | |
Murder of T. Nirojan (14 | 1 March 2007 | Vantharumoolai, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[623] | |
Mannar mass killings | January 2007-February 2007 | Mannar | 55 | Armed Forces | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[624] | |
Mannar killings | 13 March 2007 | Mannar | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[625] | |
Siththaandi massacre | 30 March 2007 | Siththaandi, Batticaloa | 9 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[626] | |
Murder of G. Manoharan (24) | 31 March 2007 | Manatkadu, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[627] | |
Murders of civilian cyclists in Vavuniya | 3 April 2007 | Vavuniya | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[628] | |
Mullaitivu bombing | 4 April 2007 | Mullaitivu | 2 | 4 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[629] |
Murders of Raveendran Ravi (54) and Sindhu Ravi (42) | 5 April 2007 | Paalampiddi, Vavuniya | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[630] | |
Piramanalankulam massacre | 8 April 2007 | Piramanalankulam, Vavuniya | 8 | 25 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[631] |
Murders of Chandrakumar Rajakopal (20), Arulappu Ketheeswaran (48) and Subramaniam Chandramathy (68) | 11 April 2007 | Vavuniya | 3 | Paramilitaries working for Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[632] | |
Murder of baby Saththary Thilliampalam | 15 April 2007 | Paduvankarai, Batticaloa | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[633] | |
Andiyapuliayankulam massacre | 24 April 2007 | Andiyapuliayankulam, Mannar | 4 | 37 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[634] |
Murder of fisherman Rasappu Yogendran (52) | 28 April 2007 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[635] | |
Murder of Mudippillaiyaar Hindu Temple priest | 29 April 2007 | Velanai, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[636] | |
Murder of Sinnathurai Sujijeyanthiran (19) | 1 May 2007 | Palaali, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[637] | |
Murder of Nagarasa Wijayakumar (32) | 14 May 2007 | Cha'ndilipaay, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[638] | |
Murder of student Kanakaratnam Mohanraj | 16 May 2007 | Poonakari, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[639] | |
Murders of Fishermen in Kayts | 18 May 2007 | Kayts, Jaffna | 2 | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[640] | |
Murders of Nathiya Selvarajah (22) and Kobi Selvarajah (24) | 24 May 2007 | Kugnchukku'lam, Vavuniya | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[641] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing | 29 May 2007 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 1 | 2 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[642] |
Murder of Balasubramaniam | 30 May 2007 | Iyakkachchi, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[643] | |
Batticaloa shootings | 12 June 2007 | Batticaloa | 5 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[644] | |
Murder of Aseervatham Mariyathas (41) | 18 June 2007 | Vadamaraadchi east, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[645] | |
Kizhavankulam massacre | 10 July 2007 | Kizhavankulam, Kilinochchi | 5 | 1 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[646] |
Alampil bombing | 11 July 2007 | Alampil, Mullaitivu | 2 | 11 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[647] |
Meesaalai shooting | 18 July 2007 | Meesaalai, Jaffna | 1 | 1 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[648] |
Kaithadi killings | 13 August 2007 | Kaithadi, Jaffna | 8 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[649] | |
Maruthoadai Tamil mixed School bombing | 13 August 2007 | Maruthoadai, Vavuniya | 1 | School destroyed, couple wounded. Cooperative Society building, a rice mill and two houses also damaged | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[650] |
Paasiththenral massacre | 1 September 2007 | Paasiththenral, Mannar | 12 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[651] | |
Murder of Sellathurai Yohan (34) | 3 September 2007 | Mannar | 3 | 1 seriously wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[652] |
Murder of fisherman V. Inpanathan (41) | 9 September 2007 | Vadamarachchi, Jaffna | 1 | 2 fishing boats destroyed | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[653] |
Murder of Thambu Vairamuththu (85) | 22 September 2007 | Visuvamadu, Kilinochchi | 1 | 12 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[654] |
Mannar refugee boat massacre | 18 October 2007 | Mannar | 3 | 3 seriously wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[655] |
Periyamadu massacre | 25 October 2007 | Periyamadu, Mannar | 3 | 9 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[656] |
Murder of Surendini Imanuel (33) | 1 November 2007 | Murungkan, Mannar | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[657] | |
Murder of S. Roobi (32) | 24 November 2007 | Mu'rika'ndi, Kilinochchi | 1 | One other injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[658] |
Tharmapuram massacre | 25 November 2007 | Tharmapuram, Kilinochchi | 4 | 6 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[659] |
Murder of Tamil civilians at Oddisuddaan | 25 November 2007 | Oddisuddaan, Mullaitivu | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[660] | |
Massacre of school girls at Iyangkea'ni | 27 November 2007 | Iyangkea'ni, Kilinochchi | 7 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[661] | |
Massacre of civilians near VoT radio station | 27 November 2007 | Kilinochchi | 11 | 15 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[662] |
Murder of pregnant woman Kamalraj Thanayogam (18) | 4 December 2007 | Tharmapuram, Kilinochchi | 1 | One injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[663] |
Murder of Pastor Nallathamby Gnanaseelan | 3 January 2008 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | [664][665][666][667][668] | |
Poonakari bombing | 8 January 2008 | Poonakari, Kilinochchi | 2 | Houses destroyed and damaged | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[669] |
Murder of Murugiah Logeswaran (32) | 17 January 2008 | Kanakapuram, Kilinochchi | 1 | 7 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[670] |
Murder of Azhakar Maarimuttu (63) | 25 January 2008 | Viveakananthaa Nakar, Kilinochchi | 1 | 2 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[671] |
Manduvil massacre | 31 January 2008 | Manduvil, Jaffna | 3 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[672] | |
Poonakari massacre | 22 February 2008 | Poonakari, Kilinochchi | 8 | 3 houses destroyed, many more damaged | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[673] |
Murders of fishmongers Vadivelu (31) and Ravi Geed (25) | 26 February 2008 | Akkaraipattu, Ampara | 2 | STF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[674] | |
Massacre of Tamil civilians by Deep Penetration Unit | 27 February 2008 | Mullaitivu | 8 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[675] | |
Murder of Selvarajah Kodeeswaran | 14 March 2008 | Jaffna | 1 | 1 wounded | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[676] |
Murder of Mahalingam Sasikumar | 18 March 2008 | Poonakari, Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[677] | |
Murders of Sivananthan Uthayakumar (38) and Chinnavan Masilamany (32) | 7 April 2008 | Vavu'natheevu, Batticaloa | 2 | STF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[678] | |
Murders of Rasanayagam Shantharoopan | 9 April 2008 | Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[679] | |
Murders of Thuraiappa Nadarasa (50) | 11 April 2008 | Poonakari, Kilinochchi | 1 | 2 houses destroyed | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[680] |
Murder of Anchalas Sulaksana (15) | 17 April 2008 | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 1 | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[681] | |
Murder of S. Ukanthan (18) | 21 April 2008 | Alampil, Mullaitivu | 1 | 7 seriously injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[682] |
Murder of Nakalingam Shanumgarajah (52) | 30 April 2008 | Nedungkea'ni, Mullaitivu | 1 | 1 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[683] |
Murukandy claymore attack | 23 May 2008 | Murukandy, Kilinochchi | 16 | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[684] | |
Murders of R. Vijith (3) and P. Kayalvili (14) | 23 May 2008 | Vadamaraadchi East, Jaffna | 6 | 1 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[685] |
Shelling of Jaffna coastal villages | 29 May 2008 | Jaffna | 6 | 12 injured | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[686] |
Puthoor massacre | 2 June 2008 | Puthoor, Mullaitivu | 6 | 4 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[687] |
Murders of A. Jeyaseelan (45) and I. Tharmeswaran (24) | 5 June 2008 | Maanthai East, Mullaitivu | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[688] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing | 15 June 2008 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 4 | 10 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[689] |
Kaluthaavalai killings | 22 June 2008 | Kaluthaavalai, Batticaloa | 2 | 15 wounded | STF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[690] |
Murder of IDP P. Sriharan | 22 June 2008 | Mallavi, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[691] | |
Murder of fish vendor Maruthamuthu Kaalichelvam (31) | 25 June 2008 | Nedungkea'ni, Vavuniya | 1 | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[692] | |
Murder of student Senaathirajah Senthooran (16) | 25 June 2008 | Nedungkea'ni, Mullaitivu | 1 | 4 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[693] |
Murder of Divisional Secretary (AGA) Mr. N. Nanthakumar, 36 | 29 June 2008 | Thu'nukkaay, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[694] | |
Murder of student R. Jeevithan | 3 July 2008 | Mallavi, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[695] | |
Murder of Ponnuthurai Vijayaratnam (32) | 21 July 2008 | Ilavalai, Jaffna | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[696] | |
Theavanpiddi shelling | 27 July 2008 | Mannar | 1 | 2 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[697] |
Vadmaraadchi East shelling | 6 August 2008 | Jaffna | 2 | 1 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[698] |
Mullaitivu shelling | 8 August 2008 | Mullaitivu | 1 | 16 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[699] |
Murder of S. Nadarasa (56) | 8 August 2008 | Nedungkea'ni, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[700] | |
Iranaippaalai bombing | 9 August 2008 | Iranaippaalai, Mullaitivu | 2 | 4 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[701] |
Vanneari shelling | 9 August 2008 | Vanneari, Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[702] | |
Visuvamadu bombing | 10 August 2008 | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 1 | 6 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[703] |
Kumulamunai shelling | 12 August 2008 | Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu | 1 | 2 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[704] |
Thunukkaay claymore attack | 27 August 2008 | Thunukkaay, Kilinochchi | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[705] | |
Olumadu claymore attack | 29 August 2008 | Olumadu, Mullaitivu | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[706] | |
Puthumurippu massacre | 30 August 2008 | Puthumurippu, Kilinochchi | 5 | 3 critically injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[707] |
Vavuniya claymore attack | 5 September 2008 | Kurichuddakulam, Vavuniya | 1 | 1 injured | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[708] |
Murder of Samithamby Kanthappoadi | 7 September 2008 | Eruvil, Batticaloa | 1 | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[709] | |
Kumulamunai shelling | 8 September 2008 | Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu | 1 | 1 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[710] |
Bombing of passenger bus on A9 road | 18 September 2008 | Pothoor, Kilinochchi | 3 | 5 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[711] |
Murder of A. Krishnaveny (47), mother of two | 19 September 2008 | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 1 | 2 injured | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[712] |
Murder of trader Visvalingam Thambirasa | 26 September 2008 | Mandur, Batticaloa | 1 | STF | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[713] | |
Iraththinapuram bombing | 27 September 2008 | Iraththinapuram, Kilinochchi | 1 | 8 wounded, including 4 children | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[714] |
Kilinochchi bombing | 1 October 2008 | Kilinochchi | 2 | 13 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[715] |
Paranthan bombing | 10 October 2008 | Paranthan, Kilinochchi | 3 | 6 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[716] |
Murder of Subramaniam Tharmenthiran (45) | 10 October 2008 | Thenmaraadchi, Jaffna | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[717] | |
Thirukkoayil massacre | 16 October 2008 | Thirukkoayil, Ampara | 4 | STF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[718] | |
Kilinochchi bombing | 25 October 2008 | Kilinochchi | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[719] | |
Murder of Muniyandi Chandranayagam | 30 October 2008 | Iraththinapuram, Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[720] | |
Murder of Selvarasa Satheeskaran | 30 October 2008 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 1 | 1 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[721] |
Murder of P. Packiyaluxmy | 5 November 2008 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[722] | |
Murder of Tamil father in Nedunkerny | 10 November 2008 | Nedunkerny, Vavuniya | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[723] | |
Murder of Thillainathan Aroakkiyanathan | 16 November 2008 | Kollar Pu'liyangku'lam, Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[724] | |
Murder of 24 year old Tamil youth in Paranthan | 17 November 2008 | Paranthan, Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[725] | |
Murder of Marumenthirarasa Naguleswaran (12), his father Marumenthirarasa (53) and Karunakaran (34) | 18 November 2008 | Channasip-Paranthan, Kilinochchi | 3 | 2 seriously injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[726] |
Killing of school girl Arulanandam Nirojini (6) | 1 December 2008 | Vaddakkachchi, Kilinochchi | 1 | 1 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[727] |
Mulliyavalai massacre | 8 December 2008 | Mulliyavalai, Mullaitivu | 3 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[728] | |
Vaddakkachchi massacre | 13 December 2008 | Vaddakkachchi, Kilinochchi | 3 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[729] | |
Vaddakkachchi bombing | 17 December 2008 | Vaddakkachchi, Kilinochchi | 2 | 13 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[730] |
Vaddakkachchi shelling | 20 December 2008 | Vaddakkachchi, Kilinochchi | 2 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[731] | |
Iyakkachchi and Vaddakkachchi bombings | 27 December 2008 | Iyakkachchi and Vaddakkachchi, Kilinochchi | 1 | 10 severely injured, including a 18 year old girl who lost both her legs | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[732] |
Murasumoaddai bombing | 31 December 2008 | Murasumoaddai, Kilinochchi | 5 | 16 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[733] |
Bombing of Murasumoaddai | 1 January 2009 | Murasumoaddai, Kilinochchi | 5 | 28 wounded | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[734] |
Shelling of Murasumoaddai | 2 January 2009 | Murasumoaddai, Kilinochchi | 1 | 10 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[735] |
Mullaitivu petrol station and bus depot bombing | 2 January 2009 | Mullaitivu | 4 | Air Force | [736][737] | |
Shelling and bombardment of Kilinochchi | 1-7 January 2009 | Kilinochchi | 12 | 77 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[738] |
Thevipuram and Vaddakachchi shelling | 8 January 2009 | Thevipuram, Vaddakachchi, Mullaitivu |
5 | Army | [736] | |
Tharmapuram Hospital shelling | 8 January 2009 | Tharmapuram, Mullaitivu | 7 | Army | [736][739] | |
Shelling of Puthukkudiyiruppu | 11 January 2009 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 4 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[740] | |
Shelling and bombardment of Kaiveali, Koampaavil, and Visuvamadu | 16 January 2009 | Kaiveali, Koampaavil, and Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 5 | 7 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[741] |
Visuvamadu shelling | 17-20 January 2009 | Visuamadu, Mullaitivu | 17 | Army | [742] | |
Shelling and bombardment of Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi suburbs | 18 January 2009 | Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi | 18+ | 42 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[743] |
Killing of Balraj Ram Prakash and Kumarasingham Vishnukumar | 19 January 2009 | Gambirigaswewa, Anuradhapura | 2 | Military | [744][745] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 19 January 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 16 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[746] | |
Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu and Vallipuram shelling | 20 January 2009 | Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu, Vallipuram, Mullaitivu |
18+ | Army | [742] | |
Vallipuram Hospital shelling | 22 January 2009 | Vallipuram, Mullaitivu | 5 | Army | [739][742] | |
Moonkilaru, Thevipuram and Udayarkattu shelling | 22 January 2009 | Moonkilaru, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu, Mullaitivu |
40 | Army | [742] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 23 January 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 5 | 83 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[747] |
Suthanthirapuram shelling | 24 January 2009 | Suthanthirapuram Junction, Mullaitivu | 11+ | Army | [748] | |
Udaiyaarkaddu shelling | 24 January 2009 | Udaiyaarkaddu, Mullaitivu | 12 | 87 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[749] |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 25 January 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 22 | 60+ wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[750] |
Suthanthirapuram and Udayarkattu shelling | 26 January 2009 | Suthanthirapuram, Udayarkattu, Mullaitivu |
11 | Army | [751] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | 26-31 January 2009 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 210 | Army | [752] | |
Udayaarkaddu Hospital shelling | 26 January 2009 | Udayaarkaddu, Mullaitivu | 12 | Army | [739][751] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 26-28 January 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 346 | 1000+ wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[753][754][755] |
Suthanthirapuram bombardment | 29 January 2009 | Suthanthirapuram, Mullaitivu | 44 | 178 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[756] |
Moongkilaaru bombardment | 31 January-1 February 2009 | Moongkilaaru, Mullaitivu | 43+ | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[757] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital shelling | 1-3 February 2009 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 9+ | Army | [739][748][758][759] | |
Suthanthirapuram shelling | 3 February 2009 | Suthanthirapuram, Mullaitivu | 3-58 | Army | [760] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 3-4 February 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 150+ | 100+ wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[761] |
Ponnambalam Memorial Hospital bombing | 5-6 February 2009 | Near Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 75 (up to) | Army | [739][748][760] | |
Mahtalan, Moongilaru, Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu and Vallipuram shelling | 6 February 2009 | Mahtalan, Moongilaru, Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu, Vallipuram, Mullaitivu |
48 | Army | [760] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | 7 February 2009 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 126 | Army | [762] | |
Putumattalan shelling | 7 February 2009 | Putumattalan, Mullaitivu | 4 | Army | [763] | |
Suthanthirapuram shelling | 7 February 2009 | Suthanthirapuram, Mullaitivu | 80 | Army | [763][764] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 9 February 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 36 | 76 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[765] |
Devipuram shelling | 9 February 2009 | Devipuram, Mullaitivu | 7 | Army | [763] | |
Pokkanai bombing | 9 February 2009 | Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 3 | Air Force | [763] | |
Mattalan shelling | 9 February 2009 | Mattalan, Mullaitivu | 16 | Army | [763] | |
Putumattalan Hospital shelling | 9 February-20 April 2009 | Putumattalan, Mullaitivu | 51+ | Army | [739][748][766][767] | |
Indiscriminate shelling in Mullaitivu | 10-12 February 2009 | Mullaitivu | 240+ | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[768] | |
Mattalan, Thevipuram and Vallipuram shelling | 11-12 February 2009 | Mattalan, Thevipuram, Vallipuram, Mullaitivu |
69 | Army | [769] | |
Iranaipalai shelling | 13 February 2009 | Iranaipalai, Mullaitivu | 9 | Army | [769] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital shelling | 13 February 2009 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 14 | Army | [769] | |
Thevipuram and Vallipuram shelling | 14 February 2009 | Thevipuram, Vallipuram, Mullaitivu |
36 | Army | [770] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 14-16 February 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 275 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[771] | |
Mullivaikkal and Putumattalan bombing and shelling | 15 February 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Putumattalan, Mullaitivu |
19 | Army, Air Force |
[770] | |
Valayanmadam shelling | 15 February 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 62 | Army | [770] | |
Mattalan shelling | 16 February 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 65 | Army | [770] | |
Valayanmadam shelling | 17 February 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 48 | Army | [770] | |
Ampalavanpokkanai, Idaikdu and Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | 18 February 2009 | Ampalavanpokkanai, Idaikdu, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu |
128 | Army | [770] | |
Valayanmadam bombing | 19 February 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 100+ | Air Force | [772] | |
Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Mullivaikkal and Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | 19 February 2009 | Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Mullivaikkal, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu |
17 | Army | [772] | |
Valayanmadam shelling | 20 February 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 12 | Army | [772] | |
Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Pokkanai, Puthukkudiyiruppu and Valayanmadam shelling | 20 February 2009 | Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Pokkanai, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu |
92 | Army | [772] | |
Ampalavanpokkanai, Mattalan, Mullivaikkal, Pokkanai and Valayanmadam shelling | 21 February 2009 | Ampalavanpokkanai, Mattalan, Mullivaikkal, Pokkanai, Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu |
69 | Army | [773] | |
Ananthapuram and Iranaipalai shelling | 21 February 2009 | Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Mullaitivu |
13 | Army | [774] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 21-22 February 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 50 | 130 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[775] |
Iranaipalai shelling | 23 February 2009 | Iranaipalai, Mullaitivu | 3 | Army | [774] | |
Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing and shelling | 25-26 February 2009 | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 45 | Army, Air Force |
[774] | |
Mullaitivu shelling | 31 February-2 March 2009 | Mullaitivu | 122 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[776] | |
Mattalan hospital bombing | 3 March 2009 | Mattalan, Mullaitivu | 13 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[777] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 4 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 78 | 182 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[778][779] |
Ampalavakanai and Mullivaikkal shelling | 4 March 2009 | Ampalavakanai, Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu |
58 | Army | [780] | |
Abduction and disappearance of 17-year-old Jeromy Kasipillai | 4 March 2009 | Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | [781][782] | |
Mattalan and Valayanmadam shelling | 5 March 2009 | Mattalan, Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu |
57 | Army | [780] | |
Mattalan and Valayanmadam shelling | 7 March 2009 | Mattalan, Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu |
51-52 | Army | [780] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 9 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 21-52 | Army | [780] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 10 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 133 | 273 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[783] |
No Fire Zone shelling | 11 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 72 | Army | [784] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 12 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 32-38 | Army | [784] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 12 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 82 | 130+ wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[785] |
Pokkanai shelling | 12 March 2009 | Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 5 | Army | [784] | |
Mattalan, Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai shelling | 13 March 2009 | Mattalan, Mullivaikkal, Pokkanai, Mullaitivu |
52 | Army | [786] | |
Mattalan shelling | 13 March 2009 | Mattalan, Mullaitivu | 8 | Army | [786] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 14 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 69 | Scores injured | Army, Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[787] |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 15-17 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 137 | 200+ injured | Army, Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[788] |
Valayanmadam bombing | 17 March 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 26 | Air Force | [789] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 18-20 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 102 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[790] | |
Valayanmadam shelling | 20 March 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 5 | Army | [791] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 21 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 42 | 80 | Army, Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[792] |
No Fire Zone bombardment | 22-23 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 128 | 160 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[793] |
Mullivaikkal, Putumattalan and Valayanmadam shelling | 23 March 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Putumattalan, Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu |
100+ | Army | [794] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 24 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 62 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[795] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 25 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 131 | 185 wounded | Army, Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[796] |
Puthumattalan hospital bombing | 26 March 2009 | Puthumattalan, Mullaitivu | 5 | 11 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[797] |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 26-28 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 179 | 109 children injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[798] |
No Fire Zone shelling | 27 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 61 | Army | [799] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 28 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 51 | Army | [799] | |
No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 29 March 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 53 | 119 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[800] |
Indiscriminate attacks at Mullaitivu | 30 March 2009 | Mullaitivu | 88 | 156 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[801] |
Cluster bombing of No Fire Zone | 31 March 2009 | Mullaitivu | 45 | 120 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[802] |
Killing of 12 pregnant mothers | March 2009 | Mullaitivu | 12 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[803] | |
Indiscriminate attacks on No Fire Zone | 1-3 April 2009 | Mullaitivu | 90 | 195 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[804] |
Indiscriminate attacks on No Fire Zone | 5 April 2009 | Mathalan, Pokkanai, Valaignarmadam, Iraddaivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 71 | 143 wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[805] |
Pokkanai shelling | 7 April 2009 | Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 20 | Army | [806] | |
Primary Health clinic shelling | 8 April 2009 | Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 50 | Army | [807] | |
No Fire Zone shelling | 8 April 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 60 | Army | [808] | |
Indiscriminate attacks at Pokkanai and Valaignarmadam | 13 April 2009 | Pokkanai and Valaignarmadam, Mullaitivu | 47 | 300 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[809] |
No Fire Zone Shelling | 12 April 2009 | No Fire Zone, Mullaitivu | 31 | 36 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[810] |
Indiscriminate attacks at Valaignarmadam and Mullivaikkal | 13 April 2009 | Valaignarmadam and Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 23 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[811] | |
Indiscriminate attacks on civilian zone in Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai | 15 April 2009 | Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 180 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[812] | |
Shelling of No Fire Zone | 16 April 2009 | Iraddaivaikkal, Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 57 | 300 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[813] |
Pokkanai shelling | 19 April 2009 | Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 4-5 | Army | [814] | |
Shelling of Iraddaivaikkal and Mullivaikkal | 19 April 2009 | Iraddaivaikkal and Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 60 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[815] | |
Shelling of Mathalan and Pokkanai | 20 April 2009 | Mathalan and Pokkanai, Mullaitivu | 300 | 600 seriously wounded | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[816] |
Valayanmadam makeshift hospital bombing | 21 April 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 4-5 | Air Force | [739][814] | |
Mass killing of civilians at Puthumathalan | April 2009 | Puthumathalan, Mullaitivu | 1,500+ | Army | [817] | |
Valayanmadam shelling | 23 April 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 10 | Army | [818] | |
Mullivaikkal Hospital bombings | 23 April-12 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 100+ | Army, Air Force |
[739][819][820][821][822][823][824] | |
Iraddayvaikkal and Mullivaikkal bombing | 28 April 2009 | Iraddayvaikkal, Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu |
29 | Air Force, Navy |
[825] | |
Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 29 April 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 9 | 15 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[826] |
Indiscriminate attacks at Mullivaikkal | 29 April 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 300 | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[827] | |
Indiscriminate shelling at Mullivaikkal | 1 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 27+ | 110+ injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[828] |
Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 2 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 68 | 87 injured | Army | [739][829] |
Valayanmadam makeshift hospital bombing | 8 May 2009 | Valayanmadam, Mullaitivu | 4-5 | Army | [830] | |
Indiscriminate shelling at Mullivaikkal | 8 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 45+ | 242+ injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[831] |
Bombing of 'safe zone' at Mullivaikkal | 9 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | At least 50 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[832] | |
Indiscriminate attacks at Mullivaikkal | 10-12 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 2,600+ | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[833][834][835][836] | |
Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 12 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 47 | 55 seriously injured | Army | [837][833] |
Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 13 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 100+ | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[838] | |
Massacre of civilians at Mullivaikkal | 15 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | Hundreds killed | Hundreds maimed | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[839] |
Killing of Vijayabalan (37) | 15 May 2009 | Mullaitivu | 1 | 2 injured | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[840] |
Indiscriminate attacks at Mullivaikkal | 16 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | 100+ | 2000-3000 dead bodies lying around civilian congested area | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[841] |
17–19 May 2009 disappearances of Tamils in Army custody | 17-19 May 2009 | Mullaitivu | 500 | Army | [842][843] | |
Massacre of civilians at Mullivaikkal | 18 May 2009 | Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu | Spree of massacres | Army | [817][844][845] | |
Killing of Balachandran Prabhakaran | 19 May 2009 | Mullaitivu | 1 | Army | [846][847] | |
Gun Site killings of Tamil-speaking youths | late May 2009 | Trincomalee Naval Base | 11 | Navy | [848][849] | |
Welikada prison riot | 9-10 November 2012 | Welikada Prison | 27 | Police (STF), Army | [850][851] | |
Weliweriya Protestors' Attack | 1 August 2013 | Weliweirya | 3 | Army | [852][853][854] | |
Killing of V. Sulakshan and N. Gajan | 20 October 2016 | Kokkuvil, Jaffna | 2 | Police | [855][856] | |
Killing of Thiraviyam Ramalingam (24) | 20 June 2020 | Muhamalai, Kilinochchi | 1 | Army | [857] | |
Mahara prison riot | 29 November 2020 | Mahara | 11 | 117 severely injured | Police | [858] |
Killing of Chandran Vithushan (21) | 3 June 2021 | Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa | 1 | CID, Police | [859][860][861][862] | |
2022 Rambukkana killing | 18 April 2022 | Rambukkana | 1 | Police | [863] | |
Killing of R. Rajakumari (42) | 12 May 2023 | Welikada Police Station, Colombo | 1 | Police | [864][865] | |
Killing of Nagarasa Alex (25) | 19 November 2023 | Sithankerny, Jaffna | 1 | Police | [866][867][868][869] | |
Killing of Anandadeepan Darsanth (13) | 29 November 2023 | Kalmunai probation centre, Ampara | 1 | Department of Probation and Child Care Services | [870][871] |
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