The following is a list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed mobs and paramilitary groups (Home Guards, EPDP, PLOTE, TMVP, Ukussa, Black Cats etc.). This list does not contain assassinations which are listed in a separate article.
The Sri Lankan Armed Forces which was almost exclusively made up of Sinhalese[1] [2] [3] [4] ethnicity during the 30-year-long Sri Lankan Civil War and the two JVP insurrections, has engaged in several counts of violence against civilians including numerous instances of civilian massacres, ethnic cleansing, pogroms, forced disappearances, sexual violence, destruction of property and assassination of civil leaders.[5] Incidents of torture, extrajudicial killings and sexual violence have also persisted in the post war period especially against Tamils and other ethnic and sexual minorities.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Sri Lanka has also experienced attacks against civilians attributed to non state actors, such as the List of attacks attributed to the LTTE and the List of attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.
| scope=col width=225px | Attack | scope=col | Date | scope=col width=100px | Location | scope=col | Death Toll | Injuries, Rapes, and Property Damages | Perpetrators | scope=col width=100px class=unsortable | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May – 8 August 1915 | Nationwide | (official) | [10] [11] [12] | ||||||||
| 12–13 August 1953 | Nationwide | [13] [14] | |||||||||
| Nationwide | + (estimated) 1,200 (official) | [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] | |||||||||
| [21] | |||||||||||
| [22] [23] [24] | |||||||||||
| Puttalam massacre | - | [25] [26] [27] | |||||||||
| August 1977 | Nationwide | ||||||||||
| Murder of Iyathurai Indrarajah | 20 July 1979 | [28] | |||||||||
| 1 June 1981 | Library burned containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts | [29] | |||||||||
| -August 1981 | Nationwide | [30] | |||||||||
| Shooting of two cyclists in Jaffna | [31] | ||||||||||
| Murder of two youths near Madhu | [32] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Navaratnarajah | [33] [34] | ||||||||||
| Kantharmadam Army arson attack | Kantharmadam, Jaffna | 64 houses, 3 mini buses, 9 cars, 3 motorcycles and 36 bikes set on fire and destroyed. Civilians assaulted. | [35] | ||||||||
| Arson attacks in Vavuniya | Vavuniya | crops, huts, buildings and vehicles destroyed and burned in Gandhiyam farm at Kovilkulam; market, shops and vehicles burned and civilians assaulted; property damage over Rs. 3 million | [36] | ||||||||
| Attack on Tamil passengers on the Jaffna-Colombo train | Vavuniya | Civilians assaulted. | [37] | ||||||||
| Attacks on Tamils in Trincomalee | 3- | 100+ injured, 214 houses bombed and burnt, 21 shops destroyed, 8 Hindu temples burnt | [38] [39] | ||||||||
| -July 1983 | Nationwide | [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] | |||||||||
| [49] | |||||||||||
| Sampalthoddam massacre | - | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| - | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| [50] [51] [52] | |||||||||||
| Spring 1984 Jaffna massacres | - | [53] [54] [55] [56] | |||||||||
| 1984 Valvettithurai massacre | 6- | Valvettithurai, Jaffna | [57] | ||||||||
| Jaffna bus stand shooting | Jaffna | 8 injured | [58] | ||||||||
| Jaffna Main Street taxi driver killing | Jaffna | [59] | |||||||||
| 1984 Vavuniya massacre | + | [60] | |||||||||
| August 1984 Mannar massacre | [61] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Kandasamy Pathar Pirapaharan and Sivasubramaniam | Elephant Pass, Jaffna | ||||||||||
| Kaithady massacre | Kaithady, Jaffna | 25 injured | [62] | ||||||||
| Army attack on Valvettithurai | 9- | Valvettithurai, Jaffna | 171 houses destroyed, 100 small businesses destroyed, 59 mechanised fishing boats destroyed, 4 cars destroyed, Fishing nets worth £39,000 confiscated | [63] | |||||||
| Murder of mental patient Thamotherampillai (45) | Point Pedro, Jaffna | [64] | |||||||||
| Four houses set ablaze in Achchuvely | Achchuvely, Jaffna | Four houses set ablaze | [65] | ||||||||
| 1984 Point Pedro massacre | Point Pedro, Jaffna | many injured and hospitalized, Hartley College Library burned, many shops and houses burned, hundreds displaced | [66] | ", p.1[67] [68] | |||||||
| Mallavi junction massacre | Mallavi, Mullaitivu | [69] | |||||||||
| Colombo-Jaffna coach massacre | Mathawachchi | 2 women raped | [70] | ||||||||
| Murders of Ponniah (43) and Selladurai Karunaharan (24) | Mulliyavallai | [71] | |||||||||
| Killing of pregnant woman Kalavathy Thangathurai (19) | 1 injured | Army | |||||||||
| Shooting of mill owner Sabanathan | Vavuniya | Gunshot injuries to face | Army | [72] | |||||||
| Murder of Allaipiddy fisherman | Allaipiddy, Jaffna | Navy | |||||||||
| Murder of two Tamil youths on Palaly Road | Kantharmadam, Jaffna | Army | [73] | ||||||||
| Murder of two Tamil youths in Urumpirai | Urumpirai, Jaffna | Army | [74] | ||||||||
| Murder of three Tamil youth in Tellipalai | Tellipalai, Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Jaffna-Colombo train shootings | Meesalai, Punkankulam, Jaffna | Army | [75] | ||||||||
| Urelu attack | Urelu, Jaffna | several houses looted and burnt | Army | ||||||||
| Urumpirai murders | Urumpirai, Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Jaffna grand bazaar massacre | Jaffna | [76] | |||||||||
| Jaffna army rampage | Jaffna | 60 houses burnt and looted | Army | ||||||||
| Vallalai attack | homes looted, 36+ homes destroyed, 500 rendered homeless | Army | |||||||||
| Urumpirai killings | Urumpirai, Jaffna | 50 killed or seriously injured | Army | ||||||||
| Shooting of Aziz Amjad (17) and Abdul Cafoor (16) | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Shooting of 3 Tamil youths in Urumpirai | Army | ||||||||||
| Mullaitivu massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Jaffna town massacre | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Kasturiar Road/Power House road junction massacre | Jaffna | 35 injured | [77] | ||||||||
| Acid thrown into face of student S.Selvarani (24) | Thinnaiveli, Jaffna | Army | [78] | ||||||||
| Two houses burnt in Kilinochchi | Kilinochchi | Army | |||||||||
| Acid attack on two students from Vembadi girls school | Army | ||||||||||
| 3 Tamil youth killed in Kilinochchi | Kilinochchi | Army | |||||||||
| Jaffna-Colombo train shooting of Tamil civilians | Meesalai, Jaffna | several killed | Army | ||||||||
| Gang rape and murder of Kumari Theresa Augustine | Puloly East, Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Kopay massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Army rampage at Tellipalai | Tellipalai, Jaffna | Houses looted and razed, two lorries set on fire, over 1000 people made refugees | Army | [79] | |||||||
| Army rampage at Chavakachcheri | Chavakachcheri, Jaffna | houses looted | Army | ||||||||
| Murder of two Tamil engineers in Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura | Army | |||||||||
| Destruction of Kodikamam new market | Kodikamam, Jaffna | Destruction of Kodikamam new market building | Army | ||||||||
| Killing of 4 Tamil civilians including a 7 year old boy | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Killing of 3 fishermen in Vaharai | Army | ||||||||||
| December 1984 massacres of Tamils | Several places in Northern and Eastern provinces | + | [80] | ||||||||
| Nedunkerny massacre | + | Army | [81] | ||||||||
| [82] [83] [84] [85] | |||||||||||
| Semamadu massacre | [86] [87] | ||||||||||
| [88] | |||||||||||
| Kumulamunai massacre | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Vavuniya army camp massacre | Iratperiyakulam, Vavuniya | + | Army | [89] [90] | |||||||
| [91] | |||||||||||
| + | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||
| Othiyamalai massacre | Army | [92] | |||||||||
| + | [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] | ||||||||||
| Vavuniya massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Asikulam massacre | Asikulam, Vavuniya | 12 injured | Government armed mob | ||||||||
| Thennamarawadi village destruction | Entire village destroyed, 165 Tamil families rendered homeless | Government armed mob | |||||||||
| Massacre of 18 Tamil fishermen | Home Guards | [100] | |||||||||
| Murder of Thambimuthu Kamalarajah | Army | ||||||||||
| Madawachchiya massacre | Madawachchiya | women raped. | Home Guards | ||||||||
| Periyakatru village destruction | Periyakatru, Mannar | 30 houses and 10 shops destroyed | Army | ||||||||
| Murder of Rev. George Jeyarajasingam, Jesudasan Roche and Abdul Cader Sulaiman | [101] | ||||||||||
| Mullikulam massacre | Mullikulam, Mannar | Army | |||||||||
| According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||||
| Arson attack on Vavuniya Tamil villages | Asikulam, Chettikulam, Thathcnakulam, Vavuniya | Several houses set on fire in 3 villages | Army | ||||||||
| Kaddaparachchan killings | Army | ||||||||||
| Attack on Periyakadu and Kandasamy Nagar villages | Periyakadu, Kandasamy Nagar, Mannar | 28 houses set alight and destroyed | Army | [102] | |||||||
| Thiriyai massacre | houses burnt and destroyed | ||||||||||
| Batticaloa-Colombo train attack | Gal Oya | Tamil train passengers attacked | |||||||||
| Windsor cinema junction massacre | Several killed | Army | |||||||||
| Irupalai massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Muthur massacre | 22- | ||||||||||
| Mullaitivu massacre | 22- | 42 houses burnt and destroyed | |||||||||
| Murder of Tamil rice mill worker | 30- | Omanthai, Vavuniya | |||||||||
| Murder of fisherman Asirwatham (24) | 30- | Poonakari, Jaffna | |||||||||
| Murder of Thamotharampillai and Kasippillai | |||||||||||
| Jaffna Hindu College massacre | 4- | 10 seriously injured | |||||||||
| Chemmani road massacre | |||||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil family in Vavuniya | |||||||||||
| Vankalai church massacre | 6 January 1985 | 23 | Army | ||||||||
| Kudiyirruppu massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Kuppilan killing | Kuppilan, Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Achchuvely massacre | Achchuvely, Jaffna | Army | [103] | ||||||||
| Murder of Sinnathamby Kanapathipillai (56) and his son Krishnakumar (23) | Vavuniya | ||||||||||
| Murder of mental patient Somu | Jaffna bus stand | Army | [104] | ||||||||
| Killing of two Tamil pedestrians in Mannar | 15 January 1985 | 2 | Army | ||||||||
| Mulliyavalai massacre | |||||||||||
| [105] | |||||||||||
| Army rampage in Jaffna town | Army | [106] | |||||||||
| Murder of T.T. Rajadurai (33) | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Murders of Subramaniam (24) and Sivalingam (26) | Karuppiah Ratnam (13) abducted and missing | ||||||||||
| Murder of three Tamil youth in Vavuniya | Vavuniya | ||||||||||
| Mullaitivu massacre | Mullaitivu | ||||||||||
| Murder of Saverimutti (55) | his car set on fire | Army | [107] | ||||||||
| Urumpirai Hindu college killings | Army | ||||||||||
| Murders of Sittambalam Yogan (28) and Kandiah Thamotheram (35) | Mullaitivu | [108] | |||||||||
| Murders of student Joseph Yogarajah, Thamotherampillai Manobalan and businessman Ibrahim in Vavuniya | Vavuniya | [109] | |||||||||
| Army rampage in Jaffna district | 8+ injured, 1 car, 1 van, 1 photographic studio destroyed | Army | |||||||||
| Army rampage in Kallundai | Every house and hut destroyed, 2000 people made refugees | Army | |||||||||
| Pannai bridge massacre | Jaffna | 11 injured | STF | [110] | |||||||
| Maviddapuram massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of Jeyagouri Thavarajah (33) | Army | ||||||||||
| Shooting of tractor driver Singarajah | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of Ponnan (19) and Muthulingam (14) | Vavuniya | Army | |||||||||
| Jaffna shootings | Jaffna | Several injured | Army | [111] | |||||||
| Kakkaitivu shootings | Jaffna | Several injured | Army | ||||||||
| Mannar massacre | Mannar | Army | |||||||||
| Karaitivu massacre | STF | [112] [113] | |||||||||
| Myliddy massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu massacre | |||||||||||
| Nelliaddy massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| 1985 anti-Tamil pogrom in Karaitivu | 2000 Tamil homes destroyed, 15,000 made homeless, several women raped | STF, state sponsored mobs | [114] [115] [116] [117] | ||||||||
| Shooting of two motor cyclists in Jaffna | Jaffna | Army | [118] | ||||||||
| Murder of Rajadurai (69) | Army | ||||||||||
| Karaveddi massacre | Karaveddi, Jaffna District | + | Several houses and shops smashed and looted | Army | |||||||
| Jaffna-Kerathivu bus shooting | Several injured | Army | |||||||||
| Murder of newly married couple K. Navaratnam, (36) and Sushiladevi (33) | Gold jewellery ripped off the bride's dead body by the troops | Army | |||||||||
| Point Pedro murders of Mr Johnpillai (50) and Ponnambala Chandrakumar (21) | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of Nesarajah | Army | ||||||||||
| + | [119] [120] | ||||||||||
| Jaffna massacre | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Murder of Hindu priest at Udappu | Udappu | Army | |||||||||
| Oorani massacre | Army | [121] | |||||||||
| Murukandi Hindu temple massacre | [122] | ||||||||||
| Point Pedro massacre | + | Army | [123] | ||||||||
| Kodikamam shooting | Several injured, several houses and shops smashed up | Army | [124] | ||||||||
| - | >[125] [126] | ||||||||||
| Anaikottai massacre | Army | [127] | |||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil civilians in Anuradhapura | Army | ||||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil civilians in Vavuniya | Vavuniya | Army | |||||||||
| [128] [129] | |||||||||||
| Thambattai massacre | Police (STF) | [130] | |||||||||
| Batticaloa massacre | Police (STF) | ||||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil civilians in Anuradhapura army camp | 20 injured | Army | [131] | ||||||||
| 1985 Kalmunai massacre | Police (STF) | [132] | |||||||||
| Army rampage at Gurunagar | Gurunagar, Jaffna | 5 injured | Army | ||||||||
| Two Tamil civilians shot dead in Jaffna | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Shootings at Gurunagar | Gurunagar, Jaffna | 1 injured | Army | ||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil family in Pankulam | Pankulam, Trincomalee District | ||||||||||
| Killiveddy massacre | [133] | ||||||||||
| Kent and Dollar Farms raid | Tamil families assaulted and expelled | Police | [134] | ||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil civilians in Trincomalee | Trincomalee | ||||||||||
| Thiriyai massacre | Thiriyai, Trincomalee | ||||||||||
| Mannar massacre | [135] | ||||||||||
| Karainagar massacre | Karainagar, Jaffna | 2 injured | Navy | [136] | |||||||
| Sampalthivu massacre | 4-9 August 1985 | Sampalthivu, Trincomalee | + | ||||||||
| Vavuniya shooting spree and arson attacks | 21+ seriously injured, 73 shops and 19 houses burned, Rs. 10 million in property damage | [137] | |||||||||
| 1985 Vavuniya massacre | + | [138] | |||||||||
| Batticaloa arson attacks | 350 houses burned and 1200 Tamils displaced | [139] [140] | |||||||||
| Vayaloor massacre | Vayaloor, Kilinochchi | ||||||||||
| Murugapuri massacre | 8 September 1985 | Murugapuri Trincomalee | Army, Home Guards | [141] | |||||||
| Thuvarankadu massacre | Thuvarankadu, Trincomalee | [142] | |||||||||
| Chenkalady junction shooting | Chenkalady, Batticaloa | [143] | |||||||||
| Nilaveli massacre | Nilaveli, Trincomalee | ||||||||||
| Kalvettu massacre | 10 injured | [144] | |||||||||
| Sinnawathai massacre | 13 injured | [145] | |||||||||
| Palankuda killings | |||||||||||
| Killing of Tamil civilian in Kalladi | 2 houses burnt down | ||||||||||
| Aarapathai massacre | 49 houses, 2 shops and a market all burnt down in nearby Navatkudah | ||||||||||
| Sambaltivu massacre | |||||||||||
| Piramanthanaru massacre | 2 October 1985 | 30 injured and 75+ houses burned | Army, Keenie Meenie Services | ||||||||
| Oddusuddan massacre | 2 October 1985 | Army | |||||||||
| Killing of Sinnathamby Mahendran | |||||||||||
| Murakkottanchenai massacre | Several houses and shops burnt | ||||||||||
| Killing of Tamil civilian in Kilinochchi | 6 October 1985 | Army | |||||||||
| Killing of two Tamil civilians in Vidathaltivu | 6 October 1985 | Army | |||||||||
| Killing of Tamil civilian in Kalladi | 8 October 1985 | Army | |||||||||
| Vantharumoolai shooting | [146] | ||||||||||
| - | [147] | ||||||||||
| Jewellery looted | [148] | ||||||||||
| Batticaloa Lake Road massacre | [149] | ||||||||||
| Army rampage in Batticaloa | Bar Road, Batticaloa | -scores killed | locals assaulted, and several dozen houses looted and burned | [150] | |||||||
| Arrests and disappearances of 7 Tamils from Muttur | Muttur, Trincomalee | Sri Lankan security forces | [151] | ||||||||
| Urani shooting | Urani, Batticaloa | ||||||||||
| Onthachimadam shooting | Onthachimadam, Batticaloa | ||||||||||
| Sampur massacre | 8 injured, 165 houses burned | Army, Navy, Home guards | [152] [153] | ||||||||
| Muttur massacres | Sampur and Kaddaiparichchan, Trincomalee | government forces | |||||||||
| Mandur massacre | Mandur, Batticaloa | [154] | |||||||||
| Thiruvaiyaru attack | Thiruvaiyaru, Kilinochchi | houses looted | [155] [156] | ||||||||
| Thampalakamam raid | Thampalakamam, Trincomalee | [157] | |||||||||
| Akkaraipattu-Pottuvil road shooting | Akkaraipattu-Pottuvil road, Ampara | [158] | |||||||||
| Kalladi shooting | Kalladi, Batticaloa | a store, a firewood mill and 2 houses were burned | [159] | ||||||||
| Arasadi junction shooting of a youth | Arasadi junction, Batticaloa | [160] | |||||||||
| Palai search operation | Palai, Kilinochchi | 64 people, including 8 bound and bleeding youths, were taken to army camp. Of the 5 other injured, 3 were hospitalized. Palai railway station was damaged. Walls of houses were damaged with bullet holes. | [161] | ||||||||
| Raid on Tamil village in Muttur | Muttur, Trincomalee | 9 arrested. 4 houses burned. | [162] | ||||||||
| Mullaitivu-Nedunkerny road search operation | 3-5 December 1985 | Mullaitivu-Nedunkerny road, Mullaitivu | some children missing. many locals assaulted. | [163] | |||||||
| Attack on Tamils travelling in a lorry in Vavuniya | Vavuniya army camp, Vavuniya | occupants assaulted. one youth missing. | [164] | ||||||||
| Attack on 2 Tamils travelling in a lorry in Chilaw | 2 injured and hospitalized | Army | [165] | ||||||||
| Attack on a Tamil traveller in Navatkuli | 32-year-old Subramaniyam Kumarasamy assaulted and hospitalized | Army | [166] | ||||||||
| Shooting of detainees in Seruvila army camp | Army | [167] | |||||||||
| Attack on Vavuniya store owner | 56-year-old Raamayya severely assaulted and hospitalized | Army | [168] | ||||||||
| Karadiyanaru cordon and search operation | 25 arrested | Army | [169] | ||||||||
| Paranthan road shooting | 2 injured. 5 detained. 1 motorcycle seized. | Army | [170] | ||||||||
| Anpuvalipuram road shooting | 2 Tamil children injured and hospitalized | Home Guards | [171] | ||||||||
| Uruthirapuram massacre | many injured. 25+ with gunshot wounds hospitalized. some arrested. locals fled to forest. 2 houses damaged. | Army | [172] [173] | ||||||||
| Muttur search operation | 10-11 December 1985 | 6 women sexually assaulted, 2 women arrested and 2 stores burned | Army | [174] | |||||||
| Jaffna city shooting | 3 injured. houses damaged by bullets. | Army | [175] | ||||||||
| Valantalai-Ponnalai shooting | 5 hospitalized | Army | [176] | ||||||||
| Oddusuddan shooting | 6 injured, 2 houses damaged | Army | [177] | ||||||||
| Keerimalai arson attack | 3 houses burned | Army | [178] | ||||||||
| Columbuthurai-Ariyalai shooting | 2 hospitalized | Army | [179] | ||||||||
| Jaffna helicopter shootings | many injured (10+ seriously) and hospitalized, many houses damaged | Air Force | [180] [181] | ", p.1[182] | |||||||
| Munnampodivettai massacre | 4 women gang raped | Army | [183] | ||||||||
| Rape and murder of 2 Tamil women in Muthur | 2 women raped | Home guards | [184] | ||||||||
| Jaffna helicopter massacres | 91 injured | Air Force | [185] | ||||||||
| Jaffna massacres | Tellipalai, Veemankamam, Kadduvan | several injured, 22 houses, 1 van and several cars set on fire | Armed Forces | [186] | |||||||
| Iruthayapuram massacre | Police | [187] | |||||||||
| Nayaru helicopter killings | several injured | Air Force | [188] | ||||||||
| Kilinochchi Railway Station massacre | 25 January 1986 | Kilinochchi | Army | ||||||||
| Thampalakamam massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil private van passengers | Army | ||||||||||
| Bombing raid on Jaffna | several houses and a rice mill damaged | Air Force | [189] | ||||||||
| [190] [191] [192] | |||||||||||
| Jaffna bombings | 5 injured | Air Force | [193] | ||||||||
| Nainativu massacre | 15 injured | Army | [194] | ||||||||
| Bombing of fishing village in Jaffna | several injured | Air Force | [195] | ||||||||
| Myliddy bombings | several injured | Air Force | [196] | ||||||||
| Murder of Vellaichamy Thinakaranathan | Army | ||||||||||
| Kilinochchi killing | several injured | Army | |||||||||
| Thondamannaru killing | several houses damaged | Army | |||||||||
| Vavuniya killings | Army | ||||||||||
| Kilinochchi massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Muthur massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of Kathirkamanathan Balamurali (15) | Army | ||||||||||
| Mallikaitivu junction massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Attack on Tamil villages in Muthur | Several houses looted and burned. Some shops and houses completely destroyed. | Army | |||||||||
| Kilinochchi massacre | several injured | Army | [197] | ||||||||
| Murder of K Sundaralingham | 1 injured | STF | |||||||||
| Killing of two youths in Batticaloa | Army | ||||||||||
| Vavuniya massacres | Army | [198] | |||||||||
| Koddady killings | Air Force | ||||||||||
| Jaffna bombings | 29 injured | Air Force | |||||||||
| Puthukudirruppu massacre | looting reported | Army | |||||||||
| Thondamannaru helicopter murder | Air Force | ||||||||||
| Selvasannithy temple attack | 21- | Army | [199] | ||||||||
| Murder of Sugumaran | Army | ||||||||||
| Koonithivu shooting | 10 injured | Army | [200] | ||||||||
| Mannar killings | Army | ||||||||||
| Vavuniya massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Kurumbacitty killing | 3 injured | Air Force | |||||||||
| Murder of Mr. A. Ganeshapillai | Army | [201] | |||||||||
| Tellipalai bombing | several injured | Air Force | |||||||||
| Vantharumoolai killings | Army | ||||||||||
| Army attack on Kadduvan | Large rice mill and 10 houses destroyed | Army | |||||||||
| Vavuniya killings | Army | [202] | |||||||||
| Palaly killings | 4 injured | Army | |||||||||
| Jaffna helicopter killings | several injured and several houses damaged | Air Force | |||||||||
| Palaly helicopter acid attacks | acid thrown from helicopter, 2 victims admitted to hospital | Air Force | |||||||||
| Murder of Dr. Christopher Noel (26) | Burnt alive in car | Army | [203] | ||||||||
| Jaffna bombings | 10 injured | Air Force | |||||||||
| Murder of Karunakaran | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of Subramaniam Rajaratnam | 1 injured | Army | [204] | ||||||||
| Murder of farmer Sinniah Nandakumar (32) | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of Mathiaparanam Jegan (22) | Army | ||||||||||
| Navatkuli killings | Army | ||||||||||
| Thondamannaru killings | several others killed and injured | Army | [205] | ||||||||
| Murders of Narayanasamy Ravindran (21) and Joseph Gunaseelan | Army | ||||||||||
| Killing of P. Ravi (29) | Navy | ||||||||||
| Valalai killings | 2 injured | Army | [206] | ||||||||
| Massacre of Trincomalee Tamil refugees | Army | ||||||||||
| Murder of A Sebamalai | Army | ||||||||||
| Kilinochchi killing | Army | ||||||||||
| Eravur killings | Army | ||||||||||
| [207] [208] [209] | |||||||||||
| Seruvila massacre | Home Guards | [210] | |||||||||
| Mannar massacre | [211] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Michael Gnanapragasam | [212] | ||||||||||
| Murder of M. Wensceslaus | [213] <[214] | ||||||||||
| 1986 Thambalakamam massacre | Home Guards | [215] | |||||||||
| Mollipothana massacre | Home Guards | [216] | |||||||||
| Pavatkulam massacre | Army | [217] | |||||||||
| Peruveli refugee camp massacre | 20 injured, many women raped | Army, Home Guards | [218] | ||||||||
| Thanduvan bus massacre | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| Manalchenai massacre | 7 women raped | Army | [219] | ||||||||
| Murder of T.Markandu and his son Chandradasan | Ariyakulam, Jaffna | Army | [220] | ||||||||
| Murder of V.Nalliah | Karainagar, Jaffna | Navy | [221] | ||||||||
| Batticaloa Munnai street massacre | Army | [222] | |||||||||
| Killing of pregnant woman Mrs. Selvanayakam (18) | Navy | [223] | |||||||||
| Kurikattuvan massacre | Navy | [224] | |||||||||
| Jaffna Hospital bombing | 32 injured | Army | [225] | ||||||||
| Massacre of Batticaloa refugees | Army | [226] | |||||||||
| Bombing of Periya-porativu | 20 houses damaged, >1000 made homeless | Army | [227] | ||||||||
| Jaffna bombings | 42 injured | Army | [228] | ||||||||
| Periya-pullumalai massacre | 3 women raped, 25 others abducted and believed dead | Army | [229] [230] | ||||||||
| Murder of Iruthayan Michael Collins | STF | [231] | |||||||||
| Valaichenai killings | Army | [232] | |||||||||
| Murder of Gopalasingham | 1 injured, wristlet stolen | Army | [233] | ||||||||
| Coolavady colony massacre | 20 injured | STF | |||||||||
| Kalmunai police rampage | 50 houses, 5 cars, a Hindu Temple, 3 Rice Mills and a lorry destroyed | Police, STF | [234] | ||||||||
| Nationwide | - | [235] [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] | |||||||||
| Prawn farm massacre / Kokkadichcholai massacre | + | Police (STF) | [242] [243] [244] [245] [246] | ||||||||
| Jaffna bombings | 100 injured | Air Force | [247] [248] | ||||||||
| Jaffna girls' school bombing | Air Force | [249] | |||||||||
| Bombing of Jaffna peninsula | 22- | hundreds injured and hundreds of houses, shops, businesses destroyed | Sri Lanka Armed Forces | ||||||||
| Valalai massacre | Army | [250] | |||||||||
| Bombing of Kankesanthurai Sivan Kovil | Air Force | ||||||||||
| Polikandy search operation killings | Army | [251] | |||||||||
| Bombing of Suthumalai Amman Kovil | Army | [252] | |||||||||
| St. James School shelling | Army | ||||||||||
| Alvai Muthumariamman temple shelling | many injured | Army | [253] [254] | ||||||||
| Killings of Nelliady Murugan temple refugees | one injured | Army | |||||||||
| Killings of Puttalai Pillayar Kovil refugees | Army | ||||||||||
| Bombing of Neervely Kandaswamy temple | Temple destroyed | Air Force | [255] | ||||||||
| Pavatkuli Chenai Pillaiyar Kovil massacre | STF | [256] | |||||||||
| Tissamaharama massacre | Tissamaharama | [257] | |||||||||
| Batticaloa police rampage | shops and houses burnt | Police | [258] | ||||||||
| Eppawala massacre | Eppawala | Black Cats | [259] | ||||||||
| Several places in Kandy District | - | Eagles of the Central Hills | [260] [261] | ||||||||
| Hambantota district massacres | Hambantota, Tissamaharama, Ambalantota, Beliatta | [262] | |||||||||
| Nittambuwa massacre | [263] | ||||||||||
| June - October 1990 | government forces | [264] | |||||||||
| June - December 1990 | government forces | ||||||||||
| Sammanthurai massacre | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| - | [265] [266] [267] [268] | ||||||||||
| Vavuniya massacre | [269] | ||||||||||
| Trincomalee Base Hospital mass arrest and disappearances | [270] | ||||||||||
| Thiriyai massacre | (mid) | - | [271] | ||||||||
| Vellaveli massacre | [272] | ||||||||||
| Kalmunai massacres | 22- | + | [273] | ||||||||
| - 15 August 1990 | [274] | ||||||||||
| China Bay Police custody killings | |||||||||||
| Mannar arson attacks | 64 houses, 32 shops and 2 hospitals burned; 20 houses and 10+ shops robbed | [275] | |||||||||
| Kalmunai massacre | [276] | ||||||||||
| McHeyzer Stadium mass arrest and disappearances | |||||||||||
| Paranthan junction massacre | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Siththandy massacre | and 27 July 1990 | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| Pottuvil massacre | [277] [278] | ||||||||||
| Tiraikerny massacre | [279] | ||||||||||
| Xavierpuram massacre | 1 disappeared, 12 badly injured; houses, church and school burned | [280] | |||||||||
| Kalmunai massacres | 11- | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| Thuranilavani massacre | + | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| Koraveli massacre | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Nelliyady market bombing | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Vantharumulai, Batticaloa | [281] [282] | ||||||||||
| [283] [284] [285] [286] [287] [288] | |||||||||||
| Natpiddimunai massacre | Natpiddimunai, Ampara | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| Bombing of Uthayan newspaper office | 27 September 1990 | [289] | |||||||||
| Killing of Tamils in Pottuvil | Pottuvil, Ampara | ||||||||||
| Chavakachcheri market massacre | [290] | ||||||||||
| Karaitivu massacre | [291] | ||||||||||
| Karainagar naval attack | 12 injured | [292] | |||||||||
| Oddusuddan bombing | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Vaddukkoddai bombing | 2 injured | [293] | |||||||||
| Velanai bombing | several injured | ||||||||||
| Thathamalai massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil civilians near Samadhu Pillaiyar Temple | |||||||||||
| Murder of toddy tapper Swakim (45) | |||||||||||
| Valaichchenai massacre | Home guards | ||||||||||
| Shelling of Valikamam North | 2 injured, several houses damaged | ||||||||||
| Puthukudiyiruppu bombing | 13 injured | [294] [295] | |||||||||
| Valvettithurai bombings | 20- | 20 injured, 101 houses destroyed, 451 damaged, 6 temples, one church and 4 schools bombed | |||||||||
| Murukandy temple bombing | |||||||||||
| Jaffna bombings | (first week) | 25 injured, 500 houses destroyed, 100 other buildings destroyed | [296] | ||||||||
| Vankalai junction massacre | Vankalai, Mannar | ||||||||||
| Eravur massacre | 25 seriously wounded injured | [297] | |||||||||
| Iruthayapuram massacre | |||||||||||
| Nayanmar Thidal massacre | [298] | ||||||||||
| - | [299] [300] [301] | ||||||||||
| January - November 1992 | government forces | [302] | |||||||||
| Mandur massacre | Army, Paramilitaries | [303] | |||||||||
| Tampalakamam massacre | Army | ||||||||||
| Muthugal and Karapola | [304] [305] | ||||||||||
| Vathappali Kannagi Amman temple massacre | 30 injured | [306] | |||||||||
| Sri Durga Devi temple massacre | 25 seriously injured, 100 received minor injuries | [307] | |||||||||
| - | [308] [309] [310] | ||||||||||
| Paliyadivaddai massacre | Paliyadivaddai, Batticaloa | - | [311] | ||||||||
| 1993 Jaffna lagoon massacre / Kilaly massacre | - | [312] [313] [314] [315] [316] | |||||||||
| Kalviankadu massacre | [317] | ||||||||||
| Jaffna lagoon massacre | |||||||||||
| Chundikulam massacre | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| 1994 Jaffna lagoon massacre | [318] | ||||||||||
| Pulmoddai massacre | [319] | ||||||||||
| - | [320] [321] [322] | ||||||||||
| Bolgoda killings | April–September 1995 | STF | [323] | ||||||||
| - | [324] [325] [326] | ||||||||||
| Jaffna killings | 194 injured | [327] | |||||||||
| Kumarapuram massacre / Trincomalee massacre / Killiveddy massacre | [328] [329] [330] [331] [332] | ||||||||||
| Nachchikuda strafing | Army | [333] | |||||||||
| Kilinochchi town massacre | Army | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | |||||||||
| Disappearances and mass graves in Jaffna | 1995-1996 | Jaffna, Chemmani | [334] [335] [336] | ||||||||
| Murder of Kandiah Vijayanathan (21) | [337] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Thevarajah Vigneswaran (22) and Somasundaram Sivakumar (22) | |||||||||||
| Murder of Ratnasabapathy Vigneswaran (40) | |||||||||||
| Murder of Rasalingam Ratnasingam (45) | |||||||||||
| Murders of Nagamutthu Rajendram (40) and Krishnan Perampalam (32) | |||||||||||
| Murder of Nadarajah | |||||||||||
| Murder of Pakianathan Aingaran (18) | 2 others injured | ||||||||||
| Murder of Tharmarajah Janarthanan | |||||||||||
| Murder of Sivarajah Manivannan | |||||||||||
| Murder of Kanapathippilai Pratheepan | |||||||||||
| Rape and murder of Murugesapillai Koneswary | Amparai | [338] [339] | |||||||||
| Murder of Kandasamy Rathinamma | |||||||||||
| Murder of Kathiravelu Suresh (33) | 1 other injured | ||||||||||
| Vavunikulam church bombing | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[340] | ||||||||||
| Tamil 4th colony massacre | Amparai | - | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[341] | ||||||||
| Kalutara Tamil prisoner massacre | Kalutara | Sinhala prisoners incited by prison officials | [342] [343] | ||||||||
| [344] [345] [346] | |||||||||||
| Army shelling of civilian areas in Karayakkanthivu | 9 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[347] | |||||||||
| Satha Sagaya Maatha Church bombing | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[348] | |||||||||
| Killing of Peethaambaram Sashikala (6) | Batticaloa | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[349] | |||||||||
| Vattakkachchi and Periyakulam bombings | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[350] | |||||||||
| Murder of Vijayakumari | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[351] | |||||||||
| Killing of Kilinochchi Christian priests | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[352] | |||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram bombing | + | Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[353] | ||||||||
| Paythali shelling | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[354] | ||||||||||
| Torture of Thambirajah Kamalathasan | Colombo | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[355] | |||||||||
| Kilinochchi-Mullaithivu bombing | Kilinochchi-Mullaithivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[356] | |||||||||
| Kilinochchi bombing | Kilinochchi-Mullaithivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[357] | |||||||||
| Visuvamadu shelling | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Chundikulam bombing | According to pro-rebel NESOHR | ||||||||||
| Eravur killings | 17 seriously wounded | Police | [358] | ||||||||
| Gang rape and murder of Ida Carmelitta | Mannar Town | Army | [359] | ||||||||
| Gang rape and murder of Sarathambal | Pungudutivu, Jaffna | Navy | [360] [361] | ||||||||
| Torture of three Tamil students | Colombo | [362] | |||||||||
| [363] | |||||||||||
| Jaffna Lagoon massacre | Thenmaradchi | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[364] | |||||||||
| Murder of A.Yogeswary, 34 and her daughter, V.Nageswaray, 14 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[365] | ||||||||||
| Murder of S.Vinayakam, 58 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[366] | ||||||||||
| [367] | |||||||||||
| Murder of Rasalingam Sooriyaprabakaran, 18 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[368] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Jabir | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[369] | ||||||||||
| Navy attack on Tamil village of Salli | 8 houses burned, villagers assaulted | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[370] | |||||||||
| Pallikuda bombing | [371] | ||||||||||
| Silivaturai massacre | Silivaturai | ||||||||||
| Columbuthurai massacre | |||||||||||
| Bombing of Poonthoddam village | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[372] | ||||||||||
| Kaddumurivu murders | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[373] | ||||||||||
| Morokkoddaanchenai murders | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[374] | ||||||||||
| Bindunuwewa massacre | Bindunuwewa | [375] | |||||||||
| Murder of Shanmugaraja Swarnahasan and Mahalingam Thamiran | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[376] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Arulanantham Kamalanathan (29), and Sinnathamby Sivakumar | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[377] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Vasanthi Ganeshamoorthy, 16 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[378] | ||||||||||
| [379] [380] [381] [382] | |||||||||||
| Bombing of Trincomalee Tamil villages | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[383] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Uthayakumar | Tharapuram, Mannar | [384] [385] | |||||||||
| Bombing of Kombavil and Puthukudiyiruppu villages | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[386] | ||||||||||
| Bombing of Chundikulam and Puthumaathalan villages | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[387] | ||||||||||
| Bombing of Soodaikkudah village | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[388] | ||||||||||
| Knifing of Sinnathamby Kandaiah | Jaffna | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[389] | |||||||||
| Attack on Tamil civilians in Nilaveli | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[390] | |||||||||
| Murder of Ponnar Gnaneswaran | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[391] | ||||||||||
| Bombing of Kiran Methodist Church | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[392] | ||||||||||
| [393] [394] | |||||||||||
| Murder of Tamil civilian protestor | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[395] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Sellathamby Punniyamoorthy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[396] | ||||||||||
| Disappearances of Uthayan Selvarajah, Subramaniam Kanapathipillai and S. Leethan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[397] | ||||||||||
| Murder of two Jaffna farmers | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[398] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Yogarasa Yogeswary and Thurairasa Vathany | Palacholai, Batticaloa | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[399] | |||||||||
| Murder and rape of Ilaiyathambi Tharsini | [400] [401] [402] [403] | ||||||||||
| Pesalai massacre | Navy | [404] [405] | |||||||||
| Killing of Markandu Pushpamalar | [406] | ||||||||||
| Murders of two Tamil youth in Santhiveli | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[407] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Kilinochchi civilians | Kilinochchi, Kanakarayankulam, Pallai | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[408] | |||||||||
| Murders of Tamil civilians at Mutthirai Junction | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[409] | |||||||||
| 2006-2007 disappearances of Tamils | -2007 | Northern Province, Eastern Province, Colombo | most feared dead | Government forces | [410] | ||||||
| Disappearance of Tamil youth Kandasamy Ilamaran | Army | [411] | |||||||||
| Police (STF) | [412] [413] [414] [415] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Rasaratnam Kuganenthiran | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[416] | |||||||||
| Murder of Kumutha Mahenthiran | Batticaloa | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[417] | ||||||||
| Murder of Kandasamy Shanmuganathan | Thevapuram, Batticaloa | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[418] | ||||||||
| Disappearance of Rajeevmohan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[419] | ||||||||||
| Murder of P. Sivasankar | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[420] | |||||||||
| Murder of Thambu Nadesu | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[421] | |||||||||
| Murder of Tamil civilian traveler | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[422] | |||||||||
| Murder of farmer S. Thanabalasingham | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[423] | |||||||||
| Murder of Sellathurai Yogarajah | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[424] | |||||||||
| Murders of Bojan family members | Army | [425] [426] | |||||||||
| Murder of Thurairajah Ravichandran | EPDP, Army | [427] [428] | |||||||||
| 2006 murder of TRO workers | Batticaloa | TMVP | [429] | ||||||||
| Shooting of Kailasapillai Raveendran | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[430] | |||||||||
| Murder of Navarasan | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[431] | |||||||||
| Serial killings and disappearances of 62 Tamil civilians | - | Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Mannar | Army, TMVP | According to pro-rebel NESOHR[432] | |||||||
| Murder of Kovinthan Vijeyarasa | Eravur, Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[433] | ||||||||
| Abduction of 16 Tamil youth in Batticaloa | - | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[434] | ||||||||
| Indiscriminate firing on over 2000 Tamil civilians in Trincomalee villages | Sampur, Soodaikuda, Koonitivu, and Kadatkarachchenai, Trincomalee | Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[435] | ||||||||
| Murder of Kulathunga Regikanth | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[436] | |||||||||
| 2006 anti-Tamil riots in Trincomalee | Trincomalee | [437] [438] | |||||||||
| Murder of Ramalingam Sakilan | Meesalai, Jaffna | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[439] | ||||||||
| Murder of Mr. Easan | Santhiveli, Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[440] | ||||||||
| Murder of mason Thiyagarasa Thaskumar | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[441] | |||||||||
| Vatharavathai massacre | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[442] | |||||||||
| Murder of Tamil youth in Kanniya | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[443] | |||||||||
| Murder of Pakkiaraja Baskaran | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[444] | |||||||||
| Kanthasamy Nallammah murder | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[445] [446] | |||||||||
| Claymore mine attack in Mannar | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[447] | |||||||||
| Murder of Manickam Rajeevan | Jaffna | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[448] | |||||||||
| Murder of Kanagaratnam Lingeswaran | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[449] | |||||||||
| Murder of Rasanayagam Jegan | Vavuniya | Gunmen aligned with the government | [450] [451] | ||||||||
| Attack on Muthur villages by SL Navy, Army, and Air Force | Trincomalee | SL Navy, Army, and SLAF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[452] [453] [454] | ||||||||
| Murder of Senthilnathan in Vavuniya | Vavuniya | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[455] | ||||||||
| Murder of Tamil civilian male | Jaffna | SL Navy | [456] | ||||||||
| Attack on Uthayan Daily Press Office | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Jaffna civilian youths massacre | [457] | ||||||||||
| Manthuvil massacre | [458] | ||||||||||
| Aerial bombardment in Vanni | Kilinochchi - Mullaithivu | 2 civilians wounded | Sri Lankan Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[459] | |||||||
| Murder of Seenithamby Yogeswaran | Batticaloa | [460] | |||||||||
| Abduction of six youths | Jaffna | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[461] | |||||||||
| [462] [463] [464] | |||||||||||
| Murder of Parameswaran Kapilan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[465] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Thiyakarajah Kirupaharan and Jeyaratnam Jeyakanthan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[466] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Arunachalam Suresh Gunapalan | Army | [467] | |||||||||
| Murder of Chandran Linton and Rasarathinam Mohan | Periya Pandivirichan, Mannar | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[468] | ||||||||
| Murder of Tamil youth in Chenkalady | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[469] | |||||||||
| Murder of Puvanendran Bolder Mayooran | Army | [470] | |||||||||
| Murder of Ratnam Ratnarajah | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[471] | ||||||||||
| Murder of school boys Kanapathy Balu and Vinayagamoorthy Nanthan | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[472] | |||||||||
| Murder of communications center owner Sabesan | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[473] | |||||||||
| Murder of Suntharalingam Ravichandran | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[474] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Nagarajah Selvarajah and Nadarajah Nageswaran | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[475] | ||||||||||
| Abduction and disappearance of Selvarajah Gajanathan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[476] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Mr. Nalliah Vimalendran and Thambirajah Sithiravadeivel | Batticaloa | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[477] | ||||||||
| Murder of Sivalingam Rajanikanth | Batticaloa | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[478] | ||||||||
| Nedunkal pressure mine attack | Nedunkal, Batticaloa | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[479] | |||||||||
| [480] [481] | |||||||||||
| Abduction of 6 Tamil students | Batticaloa | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[482] | ||||||||
| Murder of Kathirgamathamby Mathivanan and Mohamed Remis | Trincomalee | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[483] | ||||||||
| Murder of N. Balasingam | Vavuniya | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[484] | ||||||||
| Murder of Batticaloa Tamil civilian | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[485] | |||||||||
| Murder of Tamil civilians in Trincomalee | Periyakulam | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[486] | ||||||||
| Murder of Kathamuthu Rajanayagam | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[487] | |||||||||
| [488] [489] [490] | |||||||||||
| Murder of Iyathurai Nirmalakumaran | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[491] | |||||||||
| Abduction and disappearance of Thayaparan Subaraj | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[492] | |||||||||
| Disappearance of Kanesan Sivanesan | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[493] | |||||||||
| Murder of Tamil civilian in Sambaltivu | Sambaltivu junction, Trincomalee | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[494] | ||||||||
| Murder of Sathasivam Mathuri | Army, EPDP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[495] | |||||||||
| Murder of Gnanasekaram Santhiran | align=center | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[496] | |||||||||
| Abduction of Krishnapillai Kamalanathan | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[497] | |||||||||
| Murder in Kaluwanchikudy | Police | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[498] | |||||||||
| Murder of unidentified Tamil man | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[499] | |||||||||
| Abduction and disappearance of 35 Tamil children | to | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[500] | ||||||||
| Abduction of 3 Tamil youths from Pethalai village | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[501] | |||||||||
| Murder of Seenithamby Sellan | Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[502] | ||||||||
| Murder of two Tamil civilian youths | Mannar | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[503] | ||||||||
| Murder of youth in Batticaloa | Batticaloa | TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[504] | ||||||||
| Murder of Arumugam Kalakaran | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[505] | |||||||||
| Disappearance of Nadarasha Surendran, Shanmugam Ariyan, and Kanthashamy Mohanraj | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[506] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Nadarajah Ravindrakumar and Krishnapillai Srikrishnan | GoSL-controlled paramilitaries | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[507] | |||||||||
| Murder of Sindathurai Christy Anton | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[508] | |||||||||
| Disappearance of Rasathurai Inthirarajah | Jaffna | Gunmen aligned with the government | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[509] | ||||||||
| Murder of two Tamil civilians | Jaffna | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[510] | ||||||||
| Murder of Sriskandarajah Lavan, and injury of Murukaiah Sivanandan and Kathriththamby Murukesan | Paramilitary operatives collaborating with the SLA | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[511] | |||||||||
| Batticaloa-Trincomalee ambulance attack | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[512] | |||||||||
| Indiscriminate artillery fire of Muttur | Trincomalee | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[513] | ||||||||
| SLA shelling in Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[514] < | ||||||||
| Murder of Pon. Ganeshamoorthy | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[515] | |||||||||
| [516] [517] | |||||||||||
| Murder of Kaththamuthu Perinaparasa | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[518] | |||||||||
| Shelling of Nallur and Upooral villages | Army and Navy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[519] | |||||||||
| Ambulance shelling | Pachchanoor, Muttur-Batticaloa road | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[520] | ||||||||
| Valaichchenai murder of Kanapathipillai Kamalanathan | TMVP working with Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[521] | |||||||||
| Murder of Kandasamy Govindarajah | TMVP with security cover by Army and Police | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[522] | |||||||||
| Killing of Tamil civilians in Kathiraveli | injured, and over displaced | Air Force and Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[523] | ||||||||
| Disappearance of Tamil civilians by GoSL-controlled Karuna paramilitaries | - | Army and TMVP | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[524] | ||||||||
| Artillery attack on Jaffna Hindu devotees | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[525] | |||||||||
| [526] [527] [528] [529] [530] | |||||||||||
| [531] [532] [533] [534] | |||||||||||
| Uthayan delivery van attack | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[535] | |||||||||
| Alayadivembu killings | Special Task Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[536] | |||||||||
| Murder of 2 Tamil men | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[537] | |||||||||
| Killings of Catholic priest Fr. Jim Brown and Wenceslaus Vimalathas | Navy | [538] | |||||||||
| Sampoor shelling and bombing | Army and Air Force | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[539] | |||||||||
| Murder of Periyathamby Veluppillai | Batticaloa | Army and TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[540] | ||||||||
| Murder of K.Thavarajah | Batticaloa | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[541] | ||||||||
| Abduction and murder of 16 Tamil youths | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[542] | |||||||||
| Murder of Thiayagarajah Senthooran, Shanmuganathan Nagendran and Kandiah Karunakaran | Valaichenai-Kalkudah police division in Batticaloa district | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[543] | |||||||||
| Batticaloa paramilitary shootings | Army and paramilitary gunmen | According to pro-rebel TamilNet | |||||||||
| Jaffna civilian shootings | Jaffna | Army | |||||||||
| Murder of Krishnapillai Sivananthan | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[544] | |||||||||
| Kathiraveli MBRL attack | Army | [545] | |||||||||
| Jaffna multiple murders | Jaffna | Army | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[546] | ||||||||
| 2006 Jaffna multiple murders | Iuduvil, Innuvil, Anaikoddai, Kalviyankadu | 1 injured | Army or GoSL controlled paramilitaries | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[547] | |||||||
| Multiple civilian murders by GoSL agents in Jaffna and Kalviankadu | - | Various locations | Army and GoSL agents | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet | |||||||
| Murder of Murukesu Sivarasa | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[548] | |||||||||
| Murder of Shanmuganathan Sureshkumar and Selvarajah Shanthakumar | Army | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[549] | |||||||||
| Disappearance of three Batticaloa Tamil youth | Army and TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[550] | |||||||||
| Murder of teacher Thirunavukarasu Sivagnaselvam (32) | [551] | ||||||||||
| Shooting of two youth in Jaffna | [552] | ||||||||||
| Kaiveli bombing | 15 wounded | [553] | |||||||||
| Vaharai mortar attack | [554] | ||||||||||
| Killing of Mary Theresa Anton (49) | [555] | ||||||||||
| Kilinochchi bombing | [556] | ||||||||||
| 160 injured | [557] [558] | ||||||||||
| [559] [560] [561] | |||||||||||
| Padahuthurai bombing / Illuppaikadavai bombing | [562] [563] [564] [565] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Tharmalingam Ganesalingam (59) and Vetrivel Mahendran (52) | 2 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[566] | |||||||||
| Vaharai massacre | 11 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[567] | |||||||||
| Murder of Yogarajah Nixon (23) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[568] | ||||||||||
| Verugal bombing | 9 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[569] | |||||||||
| Murder of Gracian Panumathy (34) | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[570] | |||||||||
| Murder of Sinnarajah Suresh (18) | 2 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[571] | |||||||||
| Murder of Mohammad Cassim (60) | 1 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[572] | |||||||||
| Murder of student Krishnan Kamalathas (24) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[573] | ||||||||||
| Parasankulam bombing | 1 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[574] | |||||||||
| Murder of Siluvairasa Amalanesan (33) | 1 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[575] | |||||||||
| Murder of Rasenthiram Ilanchelvan (32) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[576] | ||||||||||
| Murder of T. Nirojan (14 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[577] | ||||||||||
| Mannar mass killings | -February 2007 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[578] | |||||||||
| Mannar killings | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[579] | ||||||||||
| Siththaandi massacre | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[580] | ||||||||||
| Murder of G. Manoharan (24) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[581] | ||||||||||
| Murders of civilian cyclists in Vavuniya | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[582] | ||||||||||
| Mullaitivu bombing | Mullaitivu | 4 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[583] | ||||||||
| Murders of Raveendran Ravi (54) and Sindhu Ravi (42) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[584] | ||||||||||
| Piramanalankulam massacre | 25 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[585] | |||||||||
| Murders of Chandrakumar Rajakopal (20), Arulappu Ketheeswaran (48) and Subramaniam Chandramathy (68) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[586] | ||||||||||
| Murder of baby Saththary Thilliampalam | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[587] | ||||||||||
| Andiyapuliayankulam massacre | 37 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[588] | |||||||||
| Murder of fisherman Rasappu Yogendran (52) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[589] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Mudippillaiyaar Hindu Temple priest | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[590] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Sinnathurai Sujijeyanthiran (19) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[591] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Nagarasa Wijayakumar (32) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[592] | ||||||||||
| Murder of student Kanakaratnam Mohanraj | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[593] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Fishermen in Kayts | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[594] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Nathiya Selvarajah (22) and Kobi Selvarajah (24) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[595] | ||||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[596] | ||||||||
| Murder of Balasubramaniam | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[597] | ||||||||||
| Batticaloa shootings | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[598] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Aseervatham Mariyathas (41) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[599] | ||||||||||
| Kizhavankulam massacre | 1 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[600] | |||||||||
| Alampil bombing | Alampil, Mullaitivu | 11 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[601] | ||||||||
| Meesaalai shooting | 1 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[602] | |||||||||
| Kaithadi killings | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[603] | ||||||||||
| Maruthoadai Tamil mixed School bombing | School destroyed, couple wounded. Cooperative Society building, a rice mill and two houses also damaged | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[604] | |||||||||
| Paasiththenral massacre | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[605] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Sellathurai Yohan (34) | 1 seriously wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[606] | |||||||||
| Murder of fisherman V. Inpanathan (41) | 2 fishing boats destroyed | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[607] | |||||||||
| Murder of Thambu Vairamuththu (85) | 12 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[608] | |||||||||
| Mannar refugee boat massacre | 3 seriously wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[609] | |||||||||
| Periyamadu massacre | 9 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[610] | |||||||||
| Murder of Surendini Imanuel (33) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[611] | ||||||||||
| Murder of S. Roobi (32) | One other injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[612] | |||||||||
| Tharmapuram massacre | 6 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[613] | |||||||||
| Murder of Tamil civilians at Oddisuddaan | Oddisuddaan, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[614] | |||||||||
| Massacre of school girls at Iyangkea'ni | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[615] | ||||||||||
| Massacre of civilians near VoT radio station | 15 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[616] | |||||||||
| Murder of pregnant woman Kamalraj Thanayogam (18) | One injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[617] | |||||||||
| Murder of Pastor Nallathamby Gnanaseelan | [618] [619] [620] [621] [622] | ||||||||||
| Poonakari bombing | Houses destroyed and damaged | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[623] | |||||||||
| Murder of Murugiah Logeswaran (32) | 7 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[624] | |||||||||
| Murder of Azhakar Maarimuttu (63) | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[625] | |||||||||
| Manduvil massacre | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[626] | ||||||||||
| Poonakari massacre | 3 houses destroyed, many more damaged | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[627] | |||||||||
| Murders of fishmongers Vadivelu (31) and Ravi Geed (25) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[628] | ||||||||||
| Massacre of Tamil civilians by Deep Penetration Unit | Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[629] | |||||||||
| Murder of Selvarajah Kodeeswaran | 1 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[630] | |||||||||
| Murder of Mahalingam Sasikumar | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[631] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Sivananthan Uthayakumar (38) and Chinnavan Masilamany (32) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[632] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Rasanayagam Shantharoopan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[633] | ||||||||||
| Murders of Thuraiappa Nadarasa (50) | 2 houses destroyed | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[634] | |||||||||
| Murder of Anchalas Sulaksana (15) | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[635] | |||||||||
| Murder of S. Ukanthan (18) | Alampil, Mullaitivu | 7 seriously injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[636] | ||||||||
| Murder of Nakalingam Shanumgarajah (52) | Nedungkea'ni, Mullaitivu | 1 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[637] | ||||||||
| According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[638] | |||||||||||
| Murders of R. Vijith (3) and P. Kayalvili (14) | 1 wounded | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[639] | |||||||||
| Shelling of Jaffna coastal villages | 12 injured | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[640] | |||||||||
| Puthoor massacre | Puthoor, Mullaitivu | 4 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[641] | ||||||||
| Murders of A. Jeyaseelan (45) and I. Tharmeswaran (24) | Maanthai East, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[642] | |||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing | Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu | 10 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[643] | ||||||||
| Kaluthaavalai killings | 15 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[644] | |||||||||
| Murder of IDP P. Sriharan | Mallavi, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[645] | |||||||||
| Murder of fish vendor Maruthamuthu Kaalichelvam (31) | Nedungkea'ni, Vavuniya | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[646] | |||||||||
| Murder of student Senaathirajah Senthooran (16) | Nedungkea'ni, Mullaitivu | 4 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[647] | ||||||||
| Murder of Divisional Secretary (AGA) Mr. N. Nanthakumar, 36 | Thu'nukkaay, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[648] | |||||||||
| Murder of student R. Jeevithan | Mallavi, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[649] | |||||||||
| Murder of Ponnuthurai Vijayaratnam (32) | Ilavalai, Jaffna | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[650] | |||||||||
| Theavanpiddi shelling | Mannar | 2 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[651] | ||||||||
| Vadmaraadchi East shelling | Jaffna | 1 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[652] | ||||||||
| Mullaitivu shelling | Mullaitivu | 16 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[653] | ||||||||
| Murder of S. Nadarasa (56) | Nedungkea'ni, Mullaitivu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[654] | |||||||||
| Iranaippaalai bombing | Iranaippaalai, Mullaitivu | 4 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[655] | ||||||||
| Vanneari shelling | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[656] | ||||||||||
| Visuvamadu bombing | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 6 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[657] | ||||||||
| Kumulamunai shelling | Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[658] | ||||||||
| Thunukkaay claymore attack | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[659] | ||||||||||
| Olumadu claymore attack | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[660] | ||||||||||
| Puthumurippu massacre | 3 critically injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[661] | |||||||||
| Vavuniya claymore attack | 1 injured | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[662] | |||||||||
| Murder of Samithamby Kanthappoadi | TMVP | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[663] | |||||||||
| Kumulamunai shelling | Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu | 1 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[664] | ||||||||
| Bombing of passenger bus on A9 road | 5 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[665] | |||||||||
| Murder of A. Krishnaveny (47), mother of two | Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[666] | ||||||||
| Murder of trader Visvalingam Thambirasa | STF | According to pro-LTTE TamilNet[667] | |||||||||
| Iraththinapuram bombing | 8 wounded, including 4 children | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[668] | |||||||||
| Kilinochchi bombing | 13 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[669] | |||||||||
| Paranthan bombing | 6 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[670] | |||||||||
| Murder of Subramaniam Tharmenthiran (45) | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[671] | ||||||||||
| Thirukkoayil massacre | STF | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[672] | |||||||||
| Kilinochchi bombing | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[673] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Muniyandi Chandranayagam | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[674] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Selvarasa Satheeskaran | 1 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[675] | |||||||||
| Murder of P. Packiyaluxmy | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[676] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Tamil father in Nedunkerny | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[677] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Thillainathan Aroakkiyanathan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[678] | ||||||||||
| Murder of 24 year old Tamil youth in Paranthan | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[679] | ||||||||||
| Murder of Marumenthirarasa Naguleswaran (12), his father Marumenthirarasa (53) and Karunakaran (34) | 2 seriously injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[680] | |||||||||
| Killing of school girl Arulanandam Nirojini (6) | 1 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[681] | |||||||||
| Mulliyavalai massacre | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[682] | ||||||||||
| Vaddakkachchi massacre | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[683] | ||||||||||
| Vaddakkachchi bombing | 13 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[684] | |||||||||
| Vaddakkachchi shelling | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[685] | ||||||||||
| Iyakkachchi and Vaddakkachchi bombings | 10 severely injured, including a 18 year old girl who lost both her legs | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[686] | |||||||||
| Murasumoaddai bombing | 16 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[687] | |||||||||
| Bombing of Murasumoaddai | 28 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[688] | |||||||||
| Shelling of Murasumoaddai | 10 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[689] | |||||||||
| Mullaitivu petrol station and bus depot bombing | [690] | ||||||||||
| Shelling and bombardment of Kilinochchi | 1- | 77 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[691] | ||||||||
| Thevipuram and Vaddakachchi shelling | |||||||||||
| Tharmapuram Hospital shelling | [692] | ||||||||||
| Shelling of Puthukkudiyiruppu | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[693] | ||||||||||
| Shelling and bombardment of Kaiveali, Koampaavil, and Visuvamadu | Kaiveali, Koampaavil, and Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu | 7 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[694] | ||||||||
| Visuvamadu shelling | |||||||||||
| Shelling and bombardment of Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi suburbs | 42 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[695] | |||||||||
| Killing of Balraj Ram Prakash and Kumarasingham Vishnukumar | Gambirigaswewa, Anuradhapura | Military | [696] [697] | ||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[698] | ||||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu and Vallipuram shelling | + | ||||||||||
| Vallipuram Hospital shelling | |||||||||||
| Moonkilaru, Thevipuram and Udayarkattu shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 83 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[699] | |||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram shelling | + | [700] | |||||||||
| Udaiyaarkaddu shelling | 87 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[701] | |||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 60+ wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[702] | |||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram and Udayarkattu shelling | |||||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | |||||||||||
| Udayaarkaddu Hospital shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 26- | 1000+ wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[703] [704] [705] | ||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram bombardment | 178 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[706] | |||||||||
| Moongkilaaru bombardment | 31 January- | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[707] | |||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital shelling | + | [708] | |||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram shelling | - | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 3- | 100+ wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[709] | ||||||||
| Ponnambalam Memorial Hospital bombing | (up to) | ||||||||||
| Mahtalan, Moongilaru, Suthanthirapuram, Thevipuram, Udayarkattu and Vallipuram shelling | |||||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | |||||||||||
| Putumattalan shelling | |||||||||||
| Suthanthirapuram shelling | [710] | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 76 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[711] | |||||||||
| Devipuram shelling | |||||||||||
| Pokkanai bombing | |||||||||||
| Mattalan shelling | |||||||||||
| Putumattalan Hospital shelling | + | [712] [713] | |||||||||
| Indiscriminate shelling in Mullaitivu | 10- | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[714] | |||||||||
| Mattalan, Thevipuram and Vallipuram shelling | |||||||||||
| Iranaipalai shelling | |||||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital shelling | |||||||||||
| Thevipuram and Vallipuram shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 14- | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[715] | |||||||||
| Mullivaikkal and Putumattalan bombing and shelling | |||||||||||
| Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| Mattalan shelling | |||||||||||
| Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| Ampalavanpokkanai, Idaikdu and Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | |||||||||||
| Valayanmadam bombing | + | ||||||||||
| Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Mullivaikkal and Puthukkudiyiruppu shelling | |||||||||||
| Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| Ananthapuram, Iranaipalai, Pokkanai, Puthukkudiyiruppu and Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| Ampalavanpokkanai, Mattalan, Mullivaikkal, Pokkanai and Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| Ananthapuram and Iranaipalai shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | 21- | 130 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[716] | ||||||||
| Iranaipalai shelling | |||||||||||
| Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing and shelling | |||||||||||
| Mullaitivu shelling | 31 February- | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[717] | |||||||||
| Mattalan hospital bombing | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[718] | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | 182 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[719] [720] | |||||||||
| Ampalavakanai and Mullivaikkal shelling | |||||||||||
| Abduction and disappearance of 17-year-old Jeromy Kasipillai | Mullaitivu | [721] [722] | |||||||||
| Mattalan and Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| Mattalan and Valayanmadam shelling | - | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | - | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | 273 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[723] | |||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | - | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | 130+ wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[724] | |||||||||
| Pokkanai shelling | |||||||||||
| Mattalan, Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai shelling | |||||||||||
| Mattalan shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | Scores injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[725] | |||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 15- | 200+ injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[726] | ||||||||
| Valayanmadam bombing | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | 18- | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[727] | |||||||||
| Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 80 | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[728] | |||||||||
| No Fire Zone bombardment | 22- | 160 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[729] | ||||||||
| Mullivaikkal, Putumattalan and Valayanmadam shelling | + | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[730] | ||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 185 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[731] | |||||||||
| Puthumattalan hospital bombing | 11 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[732] | |||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 26- | 109 children injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[733] | ||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling and bombardment | 119 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[734] | |||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks at Mullaitivu | 156 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[735] | |||||||||
| Cluster bombing of No Fire Zone | 120 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[736] | |||||||||
| Killing of 12 pregnant mothers | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[737] | ||||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks on No Fire Zone | 1- | 195 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[738] | ||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks on No Fire Zone | 143 wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[739] | |||||||||
| Pokkanai shelling | |||||||||||
| Primary Health clinic shelling | |||||||||||
| No Fire Zone shelling | |||||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks at Pokkanai and Valaignarmadam | 300 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[740] | |||||||||
| No Fire Zone Shelling | 36 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[741] | |||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks at Valaignarmadam and Mullivaikkal | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[742] | ||||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks on civilian zone in Mullivaikkal and Pokkanai | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[743] | ||||||||||
| Shelling of No Fire Zone | 300 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[744] | |||||||||
| Pokkanai shelling | - | ||||||||||
| Shelling of Iraddaivaikkal and Mullivaikkal | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[745] | ||||||||||
| Shelling of Mathalan and Pokkanai | 600 seriously wounded | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[746] | |||||||||
| Valayanmadam makeshift hospital bombing | - | ||||||||||
| Mass killing of civilians at Puthumathalan | + | [747] | |||||||||
| Valayanmadam shelling | |||||||||||
| + | [748] [749] [750] [751] [752] [753] | ||||||||||
| Iraddayvaikkal and Mullivaikkal bombing | |||||||||||
| Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 15 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[754] | |||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks at Mullivaikkal | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[755] | ||||||||||
| Indiscriminate shelling at Mullivaikkal | + | 110+ injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[756] | ||||||||
| Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 87 injured | [757] | |||||||||
| Valayanmadam makeshift hospital bombing | - | ||||||||||
| Indiscriminate shelling at Mullivaikkal | + | 242+ injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[758] | ||||||||
| Bombing of 'safe zone' at Mullivaikkal | At least 50 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[759] | |||||||||
| 10- | + | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[760] [761] [762] [763] | |||||||||
| Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | 55 seriously injured | [764] | |||||||||
| Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital bombing | + | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[765] | |||||||||
| Hundreds maimed | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[766] | ||||||||||
| Killing of Vijayabalan (37) | 2 injured | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[767] | |||||||||
| Indiscriminate attacks at Mullivaikkal | + | 2000-3000 dead bodies lying around civilian congested area | According to pro-rebel TamilNet[768] | ||||||||
| 17–19 May 2009 disappearances of Tamils in Army custody | 17- | [769] [770] | |||||||||
| [771] [772] | |||||||||||
| [773] [774] | |||||||||||
| Gun Site killings of Tamil-speaking youths | late | [775] [776] | |||||||||
| [777] [778] | |||||||||||
| Weliweriya Protestors' Attack | Weliweirya | [779] [780] [781] | |||||||||
| [782] [783] | |||||||||||
| Killing of Thiraviyam Ramalingam (24) | [784] | ||||||||||
| 117 severely injured | Police | [785] | |||||||||
| Killing of Chandran Vithushan (21) | Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa | [786] [787] [788] [789] | |||||||||
| Police | [790] | ||||||||||
| Killing of R. Rajakumari (42) | [791] [792] | ||||||||||
| Killing of Nagarasa Alex (25) | [793] [794] [795] [796] | ||||||||||
| Killing of Anandadeepan Darsanth (13) | Kalmunai probation centre, Ampara | Department of Probation and Child Care Services | [797] [798] | ||||||||