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| '''] ] ]''' also known as '''] massacre''' is a massacre of 180<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/asia/srilanka.html | title = Human Rights Watch Country Report for Sri Lanka - 2000 }}</ref> or 184 |
'''] ] ]''' also known as '''] massacre''' is a massacre of 180<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/asia/srilanka.html | title = Human Rights Watch Country Report for Sri Lanka - 2000 }}</ref> or 184 {{Fact} refugees including infants from 3 villages in the ] by the ] personnel on September 9, 1990.{{fact}} | ||
| ==]Government investigation== | ==]Government investigation== | ||
| According to pro-] ], two commissions of inquiry were appointed by the Sri Lankan government to inquire into disappearances have investigated this massacre in the villages of Sathurukkondaan, Kokkuvil and Pillaiyaradi and have identified and named the perpetrators as Sri Lanka army personnel, including an officer, from the local camp. |
According to pro-] ], two commissions of inquiry were appointed by the Sri Lankan government to inquire into disappearances have investigated this massacre in the villages of Sathurukkondaan, Kokkuvil and Pillaiyaradi and have identified and named the perpetrators as Sri Lanka army personnel, including an officer, from the local camp.{{fact}} | ||
| Retired judge K. Palakidnar of the Special Presidential Commission of inquiry appointed by the ] government describes the massacre in detail in his report, including the murder of one mother, 27-year-old Mohanasundari, and her three-month-old infant who were chopped to death with manna knives by soldiers. |
Retired judge K. Palakidnar of the Special Presidential Commission of inquiry appointed by the ] government describes the massacre in detail in his report, including the murder of one mother, 27-year-old Mohanasundari, and her three-month-old infant who were chopped to death with manna knives by soldiers. {{fact}} | ||
| According to the report of the commission of inquiry, 5 infants, 42 children under ten, 85 women and 28 old persons were among the 184 villagers who were murdered by the SLA on 9 September 1990 in the ''Sathurukkondaan Sri Lanka army camp''. |
According to the report of the commission of inquiry, 5 infants, 42 children under ten, 85 women and 28 old persons were among the 184 villagers who were murdered by the SLA on 9 September 1990 in the ''Sathurukkondaan Sri Lanka army camp''.{{fact}} | ||
| The judge in his report urged the Sri Lankan President that there is strong evidence for the massacre and that legal action should be taken against the perpetrators. | The judge in his report urged the Sri Lankan President that there is strong evidence for the massacre and that legal action should be taken against the perpetrators. | ||
| ==Results of the investigation== | ==Results of the investigation== | ||
| So far there has been neither a police investigation been conducted nor legal proceedings instituted against those responsible for the massacre. |
So far there has been neither a police investigation been conducted nor legal proceedings instituted against those responsible for the massacre.{{fact}} | ||
| ==]Massacres and disappearances in the Eastern Province== | ==]Massacres and disappearances in the Eastern Province== | ||
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1990 Batticaloa massacre also known as Sathurukondan massacre is a massacre of 180 or 184 {{Fact} refugees including infants from 3 villages in the Batticaloa district by the Sri Lankan Army personnel on September 9, 1990.
Government investigation
According to pro-rebel Tamilnet, two commissions of inquiry were appointed by the Sri Lankan government to inquire into disappearances have investigated this massacre in the villages of Sathurukkondaan, Kokkuvil and Pillaiyaradi and have identified and named the perpetrators as Sri Lanka army personnel, including an officer, from the local camp.
Retired judge K. Palakidnar of the Special Presidential Commission of inquiry appointed by the People's Alliance government describes the massacre in detail in his report, including the murder of one mother, 27-year-old Mohanasundari, and her three-month-old infant who were chopped to death with manna knives by soldiers.
According to the report of the commission of inquiry, 5 infants, 42 children under ten, 85 women and 28 old persons were among the 184 villagers who were murdered by the SLA on 9 September 1990 in the Sathurukkondaan Sri Lanka army camp.
The judge in his report urged the Sri Lankan President that there is strong evidence for the massacre and that legal action should be taken against the perpetrators.
Results of the investigation
So far there has been neither a police investigation been conducted nor legal proceedings instituted against those responsible for the massacre.
File:Human Rights Watch banner.gifMassacres and disappearances in the Eastern Province
Batticaloa district forms part of the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. Within the Batticaloa district, during the late 1980s and early 1990s a total of 1,100 civilians were disappeared and assumed killed. .
See also
Some of the notable massacres in the eastern province are, Template:Totally-disputed
- Akkaraipattu massacre on 19 February 1986
- Kokkadichcholai massacres on 28 Jan 1987
- Eastern University massacre on Sepmber 1990
- Kokkadichcholai on 12 June 1991
- Mylanthanai on 20 August 1992
- Kumarapuram on 11 February 1996
- Tampalakamam on 1 February 1998
References
- "Human Rights Watch Country Report for Sri Lanka - 2000".
- "Graveyard for Disappeared Persons – Statistic for Batticaloa district".
- "HRW report - Sri Lanka". HRW. Retrieved 2007-02-02.