What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 2006
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 10
- Coordinates
- 6.87° N, 81.82° E
- Description
- killing of ten Muslim labourers in Sri Lanka
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Pottuvil massacre
Killing of ten Muslim labourers in Sri Lanka
The Pottuvil Massacre was the killing of 10 Muslim labourers who had gone to repair the bund of Rattal Tank in Pottuvil in the southern part of the Ampara District on 17 September 2006. The victims were all men aged between 18–35 whose bodies were found hacked to death the next morning. The massacre was widely believed to have been carried out by the Special Task Force (STF).
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