What the records say
- When
- 25 Oct 2000
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 27
- Coordinates
- 6.83° N, 81.00° E
- Description
- 2000 massacre of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka
Placed at the town its title names, Bindunuwewa.
Bindunuwewa massacre
2000 massacre of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka
The Bindunuwewa Massacre or Bindunuwewa Prison Massacre took place on 24 October 2000 at a detention centre of Bindunuwewa, Sri Lanka, where 27 Tamil detainees were killed by a Sinhalese mob and police. The case became emblematic of the institutional discrimination against Tamils as all the accused were acquitted by the Supreme Court.
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