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The '''Kebithigollewa massacre''' was carried out by the ], an organization which has been ] due to its ] activities. This was the largest massacre of Sinhalese civilians by the ] since the signing of the ceasefire agreement. The '''Kebithigollewa massacre''' occurred on 15 June 2006 when 60 civilians were killed by an ] attack on a bus. The U.S and the ] claimed that ] was the perpetrator.

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== Incident == == Incident ==
The ] massacre is an incident on ] , ] during which ] cadres killed 68 ] men, women, infants and a ] travelling on a bus. The state owned bus was travelling on a deserted country road near Kebitigollewa when it was struck by two ] directional mines. This attack triggered world wide condemnation of the LTTE. 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.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=June&x=20060615115032ndyblehs0.351742&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html |title=United States Condemns Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Bus |accessdate=2006-06-15 |format= |work=U.S. Department of State }}</ref>. The ] ruled that the LTTE carried out the Kebithigollewa attack as retaliation for attacks by Government forces or paramilitary groups associated with them were responsible for Claymore mine attacks in ] and ] from April to June of 2006, in a "deliberate strategy against Tamil Tiger cadres and civilians", in "gross violation" of the ceasefire agreement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5298470.stm |title=Military 'killed Lanka aid staff' |accessdate=2006-08-30 |format= |work=BBC News }}</ref>
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The Kebithigollewa massacre happened when a state-owned bus was struck by two ] directional mines. 68 ] 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/June/20060615115032ndyblehs0.351742.html |title=United States Condemns Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Bus |access-date=2006-06-15 |work=U.S. Department of State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202201603/http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/June/20060615115032ndyblehs0.351742.html |archive-date= 2 February 2009 }}</ref>
== Related incidents ==


The ] (SLMM) claimed that it was highly probable that LTTE or supporters carried out the Kebithigollewa attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5298470.stm |title=Military 'killed Lanka aid staff' |access-date=2006-08-30 |publisher=BBC News | date=30 August 2006}}</ref><ref></ref> The LTTE denied such allegations and condemned the attack, while placing the blame on Sri Lankan forces and paramilitary elements who it alleged carried out the attack to destroy efforts to resume the stalled peace process and to blame the LTTE.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18512|title=64 killed, 94 wounded in Claymore blast in Kebitigollawe|website=]|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18514|title=Kebitigollawe attack, senseless violence used for political ends – LTTE|website=]|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref> While the opponents of the LTTE accused it of carrying out the attack to provoke an ethnic backlash, pro-LTTE sources argue that the LTTE couldn't have had benefited from such a move; and that the Sri Lankan government stood to gain from the attack in terms of support from the international community (especially after the government's international donors threatened to cut off aid over reports of human rights abuses) and devising a pretext to conduct military raids on the LTTE under the guise of retaliation to aggression while pretending to maintain the Ceasefire Agreement. Skepticism was also raised about the possibility of LTTE infiltrating a predominantly Sinhalese area with heavy Army security presence,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/06-28_Dirty_Tricks.php|title=Killer Tigers or GOSL/Paramilitary Dirty Tricks?|website=sangam.org|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/09-19_Kebithigollewa_Massacre.php?uid=1955|title=Kebithigollewa Massacre|last=Gnanaindran|first=Roger|website=The Tamil Mirror|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref> but Lt. Col. Anil Amarasekara has argued that Kebitigollewa, along with other Sinhalese border villages, had limited defense and was at risk of an LTTE attack.<ref name="amarasekara">{{cite news |last1=Amarasekara |first1=A. S. |title=Could Kebitigollewa have been averted? |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp4.1.html |access-date=24 June 2019 |work=The Sunday Times |date=2006-07-16}}</ref> The SLMM alleged that the LTTE's motive for the attack was a deliberate retaliation for the recent killings of civilians and LTTE cadres in LTTE-controlled areas in the north and the east by the ] who had also used claymore mines for the attacks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5298748.stm|title=Monitors' statement on Sri Lanka killings|date=2006-08-30|publisher=BBC|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref>
Some of the related ] attacks on civilians between ] and ] include the

* ] - 146 Sinhalese civilians died
* ] - 54 Sinhalese civilians died
* ] - 120 Sinhalese civilians died
* ] - 42 Sinhalese civilians died
* ] - 56 Sinhalese civilians died
* ] - 166 Muslim Civilians died
* ] - 102 civilians died
* ] - 52 Sinhalese civilians died


== References == == References ==
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== See also ==
* Pictures of the massacred civilians.


== Further reading == == Further reading ==
⚫ * ]. (]). ''Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security'', ]: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
⚫ * ]. (], ]). ''War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna'', ]: Institute of Fundamental Studies. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
⚫ * Gunasekara, S.L. (], ]). ''The Wages of Sin'', ISBN 955-8552-01-1


⚫ * ]. (1998). ''Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security'', ]: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. {{ISBN|955-8093-00-9}}
⚫ * ]. (1 October 1987). ''War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna'', ]: 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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Main article: List of attacks attributed to the LTTE

The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on 15 June 2006 when 60 civilians were killed by an Claymore mine attack on a bus. The U.S and the SLMM claimed that LTTE was the perpetrator.

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".

The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) claimed that it was highly probable that LTTE or supporters carried out the Kebithigollewa attack. The LTTE denied such allegations and condemned the attack, while placing the blame on Sri Lankan forces and paramilitary elements who it alleged carried out the attack to destroy efforts to resume the stalled peace process and to blame the LTTE. While the opponents of the LTTE accused it of carrying out the attack to provoke an ethnic backlash, pro-LTTE sources argue that the LTTE couldn't have had benefited from such a move; and that the Sri Lankan government stood to gain from the attack in terms of support from the international community (especially after the government's international donors threatened to cut off aid over reports of human rights abuses) and devising a pretext to conduct military raids on the LTTE under the guise of retaliation to aggression while pretending to maintain the Ceasefire Agreement. Skepticism was also raised about the possibility of LTTE infiltrating a predominantly Sinhalese area with heavy Army security presence, but Lt. Col. Anil Amarasekara has argued that Kebitigollewa, along with other Sinhalese border villages, had limited defense and was at risk of an LTTE attack. The SLMM alleged that the LTTE's motive for the attack was a deliberate retaliation for the recent killings of civilians and LTTE cadres in LTTE-controlled areas in the north and the east by the GoSL security forces who had also used claymore mines for the attacks.

References

  1. "United States Condemns Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Bus". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2006.
  2. "Military 'killed Lanka aid staff'". BBC News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
  3. 2007 Annual Report – Sri Lanka
  4. "64 killed, 94 wounded in Claymore blast in Kebitigollawe". TamilNet. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  5. "Kebitigollawe attack, senseless violence used for political ends – LTTE". TamilNet. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  6. "Killer Tigers or GOSL/Paramilitary Dirty Tricks?". sangam.org. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. Gnanaindran, Roger. "Kebithigollewa Massacre". The Tamil Mirror. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  8. Amarasekara, A. S. (16 July 2006). "Could Kebitigollewa have been averted?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  9. "Monitors' statement on Sri Lanka killings". BBC. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

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