Kebithigollewa massacre
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The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on 15 June 2006 when 60 civilians were killed by a Tamil Terrorist claymore attack on a bus. The U.S and the SLMM claimed that LTTE was the perpetrator. However, the LTTE claimed that they did not perpetrate this attack, in the same fashion they have never claimed responsibility for any of their previous civilian attacks.
Incident
The Kebithigollewa massacre happened when a state owned bus was struck by two Claymore directional mines. 68 Sinhalese men, women and infants were killed as a result of this attack. The United States condemned the attack, noting: “This vicious attack bears all the hallmarks of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is a clear violation of the Ceasefire Agreement that the Tamil Tigers claim to uphold.”.[1]
The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission claimed that it was highly probable that LTTE or supporters carried out the Kebithigollewa attack.[2][3]
References
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Further reading
- Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
- Gunaratna, Rohan. (1 October 1987). War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
- Gunasekara, S.L. (4 November 2003). The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1
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- ↑ 2007 Annual Report – Sri Lanka
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- Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- Civilian massacres in Sri Lanka
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks against buses
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War IV
- Mass murder in 2006
- Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 2006