Eelam War II

Eelam War II
Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Elephant Pass bulldozer
Improvised armored bulldozer of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam used in First Battle of Elephant Pass. Today, it is one of the Sri Lankan Civil War memorials.
Date1990–1995
LocationSri Lanka
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders

Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989–93)
Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993–94)

Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–1995)		 Velupillai Prabhakaran
Main article: Sri Lankan Civil War

Eelam War II is the name given to the second phase of armed conflict between Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The war started after the failure of peace talks between the Premadasa government and the LTTE. This phase of the war was initiated by the LTTE who massacred almost 600 sinhalese and Muslim police personnel after they were ordered by the Premadasa government to surrender to the LTTE. The truce was broken on June 10, 1990. The LTTE in October expelled all the 28,000 Muslims residing in Jaffna.

Civilian killings

Palliyagodella massacre

The Palliyagodella massacre is an incident in October 1991 in which LTTE cadres massacred 109 Muslim men, women and children in Palliyagodella. The background to this massacre was the growing tension between the LTTE and the Muslim community. The Palliyagodella villagers had asked the Sri Lankan military for protection from LTTE extortion. The Sri Lankan forces issued shotguns to the Muslim villagers but these were inadequate to beat off LTTE attacks. Female LTTE cadres and child soldiers were involved in this attack.

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