What Happened
Saththurukondan is a village in Batticaloa district, not very far from Batticaloa town. This village comprises Pannichaiaddy, Pillayaraddy and Oorani.
On the 10.09.1990, military arrested several people and took them to the military camp. Among those arrested were 85 women and many children. The arrested people were taken to the Sri Lanka army camp at Saththurukondan.
There, the women were raped, and their breasts were cut off. 68 children, among them five babies were also tortured and murdered. 205 people were killed in this massacre.
Only one man, 21 year old Kanthasamy Krishnakumar escaped being killed and informed the others about what happened.
Perpetrators
Sri Lankan Army
Sources & References
- NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume I