What the records say
- When
- 23 Apr 2006
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 6
- Coordinates
- 8.67° N, 80.95° E
- Description
- 2006 terrorist incident in Sri Lanka
Placed at the town its title names, Gomarankadawala.
Gomarankadawala massacre
2006 terrorist incident in Sri Lanka
Gomarankadawala is a tiny village in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka, where 6 Sinhalese civilians were gunned down by suspected LTTE cadres in an incident known as the Gomarankadawala massacre.
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