What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 1990
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 158
- Coordinates
- 7.80° N, 81.58° E
- Description
- school massacre in Sri Lanka
Eastern University massacre
1990 mass murder of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees by the Sri Lankan Army near Batticaloa
The Eastern University massacre was the arrest and subsequent mass murder of 158 minority Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who had taken refuge in the Eastern University campus close to the city Batticaloa on 5 September 1990. A witness identified Sri Lankan Army personnel as the perpetrators. The event is part of what is known amongst Sri Lankan Tamils as Black September, a series of civilian massacres.
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