1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre
1991 mass killing of Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sri Lankan military / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On June 12, 1991, 152 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the Sri Lankan military in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.[1][2] The Sri Lankan government instituted a presidential commission to investigate the massacre. The commission found the commanding officer negligent in controlling his troops and recommended that he be removed from office, and identified nineteen other members of the Sri Lankan military to be responsible for mass murder. In a military tribunal that followed in the presidential commission in the capital city of Colombo, all nineteen soldiers were acquitted.[3][4][5][6]
Kokkadichcholai massacre | |
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Location | Kokkadichcholai, Sri Lanka |
Coordinates | 07°37′26″N 81°43′01″E |
Date | June 12, 1991 |
Target | Sri Lankan Tamil village residents |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
Weapons | Automatic rifles, knives, axes |
Deaths | 152 |
Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Army |