Mannar massacre
Mannar massacre can refer to number of incidents of massacres of civilians in the Mannar district of Sri Lanka since the 16th century.
- Mannar massacre of Catholics is a historic massacre of 600 Catholic converts by King Cankili I of the Jaffna Kingdom in the 16th century.
- 1984 Mannar massacre is the massacre of approximately 107-150 minority Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sri Lankan Army.[1][2][3][4]
- 2006 Mannar massacre is the massacre of a family of 4 Sri Lankan Tamils returning refugees from India in the village of Vankalai.
- 2008 Mannar massacre is the mass murder of 17 Sri Lankan Tamil bus passengers close to the village of Madhu.
References
- ↑ "Note to the incident at St. Patrick's:". UTHR. Retrieved 2006-03-26.
- ↑ "Mannar human rights activist Fr Mary Bastian remembered". Tamilnet. Retrieved 2006-03-26.
- ↑ Brown(edit), Cynthia (1995). Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights. Human rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-152-5. p.91
- ↑ Marks, Thomas (1996). Maoist Insurgency Since Vietnam. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-4606-7. p.197
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