What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 2006
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 17
- Coordinates
- 8.57° N, 81.23° E
- Description
- shooting in Muttur, Sri Lanka
2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers
Massacre of humanitarian workers in Muttur, Sri Lanka, 2006
The Muttur Massacre was an incident that occurred on 4 August 2006 in Muttur, Sri Lanka, in the district of Trincomalee, during the Sri Lankan civil war. Seventeen local employees of the French non-governmental organization Action Against Hunger were executed at close range inside their office.
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