What the records say
- When
- 8 Jun 2006
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 4
- Coordinates
- 8.88° N, 79.93° E
- Description
- killing of a family of 4 Tamils in Vankalai, Mannar district, in 2006
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Vankalai massacre
The Vankalai massacre was a massacre of a family of four minority Sri Lankan Tamils at the hands of the Sri Lankan military personnel from the village of Vankalai in Mannar District, Sri Lanka on June 8, 2006. The victims were tortured and the mother was gang raped before her murder.
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