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1989 Valvettiturai massacre

1989 · 9.82° N, 80.17° E

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1989
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Massacre
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64
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9.82° N, 80.17° E
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small coastal town

1989 Valvettiturai massacre

Killing of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by Indian soldiers

The 1989 Valvettiturai massacre occurred on 2 and 3 August 1989 in the small coastal town of Valvettiturai, on the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka. Sixty-four Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed by soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. The massacre followed an attack on the soldiers by rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres.

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