Aluth Oya massacre
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The Aluth Oya massacre (Also known as Habarana massacre, Good Friday Massacre) was the massacre of 127 Sinhalese civilians, including children and women, by the cadres of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization (the LTTE, commonly known as the Tamil Tigers) on April 17, 1987, near the village of Aluth Oya, on the Habarana Trincomalee road in North Central Province of Sri Lanka.[1][2] This massacre is considered one of the most notorious and devastating atrocities committed by the LTTE during the history of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[3]
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Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
Location | Aluth Oya, North Central Province of Sri Lanka |
Coordinates | 8°12′N 80°54′E |
Date | April 17, 1987 (+5.30 GMT) |
Target | Sinhalese civilians |
Attack type | Firing |
Weapons | Guns, clubs |
Deaths | 127 |
Perpetrators | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
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