What the records say
- When
- 1987
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 60
- Coordinates
- 9.66° N, 80.02° E
- Description
- Massacre in October 1987 during the Sri Lankan Civil War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Jaffna hospital massacre
Massacre in October 1987 during the Sri Lankan Civil War
The Jaffna hospital massacre occurred on October 21 and 22, 1987, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, when troops of the Indian Peace Keeping Force entered the premises of the Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, an island nation in South Asia, and killed between 60 and 70 patients and staff.
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