What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 1992
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 166
- Coordinates
- 7.00° N, 81.00° E
- Description
- civilian massacre carried out by LTTE
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Palliyagodella massacre
Civilian massacre carried out by LTTE
The Palliyagodella massacre was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against the mostly Muslim population of the Palliyagodella village located on border region of the northern part of Sri Lanka that were controlled by the Tigers at the time. This was the largest massacre of Muslim civilians by the LTTE to date.
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