Eastern University massacre

Quando

5 de set. de 1990

Tipo

Massacre

Mortes

158

Coordenadas

7.80° N, 81.58° E

Description

school massacre in Sri Lanka

1990 mass murder of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees by the Sri Lankan Army near Batticaloa

The Eastern University massacre was the arrest and subsequent mass murder of 158 minority Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who had taken refuge in the Eastern University campus close to the city Batticaloa on 5 September 1990. A witness identified Sri Lankan Army personnel as the perpetrators. The event is part of what is known amongst Sri Lankan Tamils as Black September, a series of civilian massacres.

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