What the records say
- When
- 7 Apr 1978
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 4
- Coordinates
- 8.83° N, 80.50° E
- Description
- 1978 mass murder in Murunkan, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murunkan massacre
1978 mass murder in Murunkan, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka
The Murunkan massacre of Inspector Bastianpillai and his team of police officers was the mass murder of a team of CID officers of the Sri Lanka Police on 7 April 1978 in the jungles of Murunkan in the Vavuniya District. Four police officers including Inspector Bastianpillai were killed by LTTE members led by Uma Maheswaran.
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