What the records say
- When
- 20 Jun 1990
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 160
- Coordinates
- 8.57° N, 81.24° E
- Description
- 1990 series of mass killings in Sri Lanka
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Kalmunai massacre
1990 series of mass killings in Sri Lanka
The Kalmunai massacre refers to a series of mass killings that occurred in June 1990 in Kalmunai, a municipality within the Ampara District of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. The massacre of Tamil civilians was allegedly carried out by the Sri Lankan Army in retaliation for an earlier massacre of Sri Lankan police officers.
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