2006 Trincomalee Massacre of Students

2006 Trincomalee Massacre Of Students

Coordinates: 8°33′58″N 81°13′59″E / 8.566°N 81.233°E / 8.566; 81.233

2006 Trincomalee Massacre
Location Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Date January 2, 2006
Target Sri Lankan Tamil students
Attack type Armed massacre
Weapon(s) Automatics rifles
Deaths 5
Suspected perpetrators Special Task Force
Sri Lankan Civil War
(1983–2009)
Background
Sri Lanka · History of Sri Lanka
Origins of the Civil War
Origins of the Civil War · Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism · Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism · Riots · Black July
Main phases
Eelam War I · Indian intervention · Eelam War II · Eelam War III · Eelam War IV
LTTE
LTTE (Divisions) · Black Tigers · Attacks · Expulsion of Muslims · Suicide bombings
Military of Sri Lanka
Military · Civilian attacks · Army · Navy · Air Force · Police · Home Guards · LRRP · STF
Major leaders
M. Rajapaksa · V. Prabhakaran · C. Kumaratunga · A. Balasingham · J. R. Jayewardene · D.Kobbekaduwa · S.Fonseka · Karuna
Indian involvement
Operation Poomalai · Indo-Sri Lanka Accord · Indian Peace Keeping Force · Operation Pawan · Rajiv Gandhi · RAW
Militant & paramilitary groups
Tamil militant groups (List) · ENDLF · ENLF · EPDP · EPRLF · EROS · PLOTE · TELO · TMVP
Other
Battles · Casualties · War crimes · LLRC · State terror · Human rights · Disappearances · Child soldiers · Assassinations · Protests (Canada)

The incident referred to as Trincomalee massacre in 2006 happened when five(5) minority Sri Lankan Tamil high school students playing by the beach were briefly detained and then shot dead.

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