Kiliveddi Massacre

What Happened

Kiliveddi is a Tamil village in the Mutur region of the Trincomalee district. In 1977 it was annexed to the Seruwela electoral division. Following this, the people were attacked by the military and the Sinhala leadership forcing them to gradually leave.

On 01.01.1985, the Sri Lankan military, its home guards, and Sinhala thugs entered the Kiliveddi village at 2:00 pm. On that day 10 people were killed including 4 women.

Among the dead were Kamala Rasaih and her daughter and Rajeswary Sharma and her daughter. 125 houses were burnt that day. A further 13 people were taken to the Dehiwathe village. The men were murdered and the women were raped.

The day after, on 02.06.1985, a bus leaving Trincomalee to Jaffna was shot at and 13 people died.

On 03.06.1985, the Sinhala home guards with the military attacked several villages between Mutur and Kiliveddi. 35 people died. 200 people were abducted. 1000 houses were set on fire. In the fourteen days ending on 14.06.1985, a total of 150 people were killed.

Perpetrators

Sri Lankan Army

Sources & References

NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume I

Documented Victims (30 names)

#	Name	Occupation
1	Kamala Rasaih	-
2	Kamala Rasaih's daughter	-
3	Rajeswary Sharma	-
4	Rajeswary Sharma's daughter	-
5	Abducted man 1	-
6	Abducted man 2	-
7	Abducted man 3	-
8	Abducted man 4	-
9	Abducted man 5	-
10	Abducted man 6	-
11	Abducted man 7	-
12	Abducted man 8	-
13	Mrs Sinniah	-
14	Mrs Sinniah's daughter	-
15	Abducted woman 3	-
16	Abducted woman 4	-
17	Abducted woman 5	-
18	Bus victim 1	-
19	Bus victim 2	-
20	Bus victim 3	-
21	Bus victim 4	-
22	Bus victim 5	-
23	Bus victim 6	-
24	Bus victim 7	-
25	Bus victim 8	-
26	Bus victim 9	-
27	Bus victim 10	-
28	Bus victim 11	-
29	Bus victim 12	-
30	Bus victim 13	-

Children (age ≤ 12)