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 | |
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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 |
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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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