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The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
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Navaly church bombing
Air Force attack in Sri Lankan Civil War
The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly in the Jaffna Peninsula was bombed by the Sri Lankan Air Force during the Sri Lankan Civil War on 9 July 1995. It is estimated that at least 147 Tamil civilians, who had taken refuge from the fighting inside the church, died as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sri Lanka Air Force
Air warfare branch of Sri Lanka's military forces
The Sri Lanka Air Force is the air arm and the youngest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. It was founded in 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCyAF) with the assistance of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The SLAF played a major role throughout the Sri Lankan Civil War. The SLAF…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Dravidian ethnic group
The Tamils, also known by their endonym Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)