What Happened
20 villagers traveling in tractor-trailer to purchase items (no bus service to remote village). Targeted by DPU pressure mine. 10 killed including 6-month-old baby. Viewed as planned ethnic cleansing - forcing Tamils out for Sinhala settlements. Village was evicted in 1990, resettled in 1995, more refugees joined after CFA. After this massacre, people fearful to live there.
Perpetrators
Sri Lankan Army Deep Penetration Unit
Documentary Evidence
Warning: These images document the aftermath of this attack and may be disturbing.
1 images from documentary reports. Click to enlarge.
Sources & References
- NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume II
- https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18420