2006 Trincomalee massacre of students
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2006 Trincomalee Massacre | |
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Location | Trincomalee, Sri Lanka |
Date | 2 January 2006 |
Target | Sri Lankan Tamil students |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
Weapons | Automatics rifles |
Deaths | 5 |
Perpetrators | Special Task Force of Sri Lanka[1][2][3][4] |
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2006 Trincomalee massacre of students or "Trinco 5" was the murder of five Tamil schoolboys by the Special Task Force (STF) in Trincomalee town on 2 January 2006.[5][6][1][2][3][4][7] The case has received considerable international attention and is regarded as an emblematic case of impunity since no one has been held accountable for the crimes.[8]