1989 Valvettiturai massacre
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The 1989 Valvettiturai massacre occurred on 2 and 3 August 1989 in the small coastal town of Valvettiturai, on the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka. Sixty-four Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed by soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. The massacre followed an attack on the soldiers by rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. The rebel attack had left six Indian soldiers, including an officer, dead, and another 10 injured. Indian authorities claimed that the civilians were caught in crossfire. Journalists such as Rita Sebastian of the Indian Express,[1] David Husego of the Financial Times and local human rights groups such as the University Teachers for Human Rights have reported quoting eyewitness accounts that it was a massacre of civilians.[2] George Fernandes, who later served as defense minister of India (1998–2004), called the massacre India’s My Lai.[3]
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Location | Valvettiturai, Sri Lanka |
Date | 2–3 August 1989 (+6 GMT) |
Target | Sri Lankan Tamil civilians |
Attack type | Shooting, burning, shelling |
Weapons | Guns, cannons, grenades, fire |
Deaths | 64 (52 identified, 12 missing and presumed dead)[1] |
Injured | 43[1] |
Perpetrators | Indian Army soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force |