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1984 Kokkilai massacre (LTTE)
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Not to be confused with the 1984 Kokkilai massacres (army).
The Kokkilai massacre was a massacre of Sinhalese civilians carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the coastal village of Kokkilai. It was the group's second massacre of Sinhalese civilians.
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Kokkilai massacre | |
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![]() Location of Northern Province, Sri Lanka | |
Location | Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka |
Date | 1 December 1984 (+8 GMT) |
Target | Sinhalese civilians |
Deaths | 11-13[1] |
Injured | Unknown |
Perpetrators | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
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