What the records say
- When
- 1987
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 200
- Coordinates
- 8.58° N, 81.22° E
1987 Eastern Province massacres
Massacres of Sinhalese in the Eastern Province by Tamil militant groups
The 1987 Eastern Province massacres were a series of massacres of the Sinhalese population in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka by Tamil mobs and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Though they began spontaneously, they became more organized, with the LTTE leading the violence. Over 200 Sinhalese were killed by mob and militant violence, and over 20,000 fled the Eastern Province.
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