1984 Kokkilai massacre (LTTE)
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The Kokkilai massacre was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Incident[edit]
The Kokkilai village massacre is an incident on December 1, 1984, in which LTTE cadres massacred 11 Sinhalese civilians. This attack occurred on the day after the Kent and Dollar Farm massacres. Most of the victims were Sinhalese fishermen, were shot to death by LTTE cadres.
References and further reading[edit]
- Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
- Gunaratna, Rohan. (October 1, 1987). War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
- Gunasekara, S.L. (November 4, 2003). The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1
Categories:
- 1984 crimes in Sri Lanka
- Massacres in 1984
- Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- 1980s massacres of the Sri Lankan Civil War
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War I
- Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1984
- December 1984 events in Asia
- Mass murder of Sinhalese