What the records say
- When
- 4 Dec 1984
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 200
- Coordinates
- 8.97° N, 79.88° E
- Description
- killing of Tamils in Mannar town by the Sri Lankan Army
1984 Mannar massacre
1984 mass killing of Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army soldiers in Mannar, Sri Lanka
The 1984 Mannar massacre was the killing of 200+ minority Sri Lankan Tamils civilians by Sri Lankan Army soldiers in the town of Mannar, north-western Sri Lanka, on December 4, 1984. The attack was triggered when three Army jeeps hit a land mine, killing one soldier.
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