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Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
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Sri Lankan civil war
1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sri Lanka Army
Land force branch of the Sri Lankan armed forces
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1984 Mannar massacre
1984 mass killing of Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army soldiers in Mannar, Sri Lanka
The 1984 Mannar massacre was the killing of 200+ minority Sri Lankan Tamils civilians by Sri Lankan Army soldiers in the town of Mannar, north-western Sri Lanka, on December 4, 1984. The attack was triggered when three Army jeeps hit a land mine, killing one soldier. In…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mannar, Sri Lanka
Town in Sri Lanka
Mannar is the main town of Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council. The town is located on Mannar Island overlooking the Gulf of Mannar and is home to the historic Ketheeswaram temple. In the Tamil language, Mannar means the raised place…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)