What Happened
(News Feature) Four more Tamil detainees who were seriously wounded in Wednesday's massacre at the Bindunuwewa detention centre have succumbed to their injuries bringing the death toll to twenty-nine, Joseph Pararajasingham, an MP for the Batticaloa district said. Twenty Tamil detainees amongst those held at the detention centre remained unaccounted for Wednesday night, sources said. Hundreds of Sinhala villagers who stormed the compound had been armed with knives, clubs, axe and sticks, the sources said. The mobs later set fire to the centre, which houses mainly young Tamils arrested on suspicion under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and held for rehabilitation, police sources said.
Perpetrators
Sri Lankan Army
Sources & References
- https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5524