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| |title=Kent and Dollar Farm massacres | |title=Kent and Dollar Farm massacres | ||
| |image=Dollar Farm Massacare.jpg | |image=Dollar Farm Massacare.jpg | ||
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|caption=Bodies of civilians massacred by the LTTE lying in Kent Farm | ||
| |location=Kent and Dollar Farms, Vavunia, Sri Lanka | |location=Kent and Dollar Farms, Vavunia, Sri Lanka | ||
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|target=Unarmed civilians at Kent and Dollar Farms | ||
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| |fatalities=62 killed |
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| The '''Kent and Dollar Farm massacres''' took place on ] ], |
The '''Kent and Dollar Farm massacres''' was one of the earliest massacres of ] civilian carried out by the ] during the ]. The massacres took place on ] ], in two tiny farming villages in the district of ] in north-eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE had claimed that the North East of Sri Lanka was the exclusive homeland of ], and began their campaign of ethnic cleansing in the ]'s. The ] and ] communities of the ] and ] of ] suffered severe loss of lives and property as a result of numerous ] for the purpose of ethnically cleansing the North East of ]. | ||
| == |
== Number of casualties == | ||
| ⚫ | At '''Dollar farm''', 33 Sinhalese were murdered and several others were injured in the shooting carried out by the cadres of LTTE. On the same day at '''Kent farm''', another 29 Sinhalese civilians were massacred, thus increasing the total death toll to 62. Among the civilian casualties were men, women and children. The ] operatives used ]s , ]s and hand ] to kill civilians. Survivors also reported that LTTE cadres had killed children by bashing their heads against walls. | ||
| During the late 70s and early 80s calls for a separate state intensified from the Tamil minority of Sri Lanka. The Government accelerated it's sponsored rehabilitation of Sinhalese people into Tamil areas, a move viewed by the separatist factions as an attempt to shift the demographics of the areas and to weaken their bid for those lands. They further went on to claim that these settlements were being used as launching pads for attacks into neighboring Tamil communities.<ref>Sivanayagam, S. ''Sri Lanka: Witness to History'', Sivayogam, UK, 2005</ref> The Government in turn argued that the members of the settlement were armed for the purpose of 'self-defense'. | |||
| == Related incidents== | |||
| Tamil political groups and international organizations such as Amnesty International considered the Kent and Dollar Farms to part of such colonization schemes<ref>Amnesty International report on Sri Lanka: "Disappearances" (AI Index: ASA 37/08/86)</ref>. The location of the settlement had originally been a refugee site holding Indian Tamils who had fled anti-Tamil riots in the ] in 1977. According to Tamil groups it was the Government sponsored settlement of 450 Sinhalese ex-convicts and their families, along with military violence against Tamil communities in the area that resulted in revenge killings being conducted by the Tamil militants.<ref>University Teachers for Human Rights, </ref> | |||
| ] children who were barbarically killed by ]]] | |||
| Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the | |||
| Sinhalese factions argue that the massacre was an act of ethnic cleansing, conducted to remove the Sinhalese population from Tamil 'homelands'. | |||
| * ] - 62 Sinhalese civilians died | |||
| == Number of casualties == | |||
| * ] - 54 Sinhalese civilians died | |||
| ⚫ | 33 Sinhalese were |
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| * ] - 120 Sinhalese civilians died | |||
| * ] - 42 Sinhalese civilians died | |||
| * ] - 56 Sinhalese civilians died | |||
| * ] - 166 Muslim Civilians died | |||
| * ] - 102 civilians died | |||
| * ] - 146 Sinhalese civilians died | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| == |
== References == | ||
| <references/> | |||
| == References and further reading == | |||
| ⚫ | * , ''Security, Jane's'', ], ] | ||
| * ]. (]). ''Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security'', ]: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9 | * ]. (]). ''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 | * ]. (], ]). ''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 | * Gunasekara, S.L. (], ]). ''The Wages of Sin'', ISBN 955-8552-01-1 | ||
| == Further reading == | |||
| ⚫ | * , ''Security, Jane's'', ], ] | ||
| * , ''Lanka Library'', ], ] | |||
| * , ] | |||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
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| Kent and Dollar Farm massacres | |
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| File:Dollar Farm Massacare.jpgBodies of civilians massacred by the LTTE lying in Kent Farm | |
| Location | Kent and Dollar Farms, Vavunia, Sri Lanka |
| Date | November 30 1984 |
| Target | Unarmed civilians at Kent and Dollar Farms |
| Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 62 killed |
| Perpetrators | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) |
The Kent and Dollar Farm massacres was one of the earliest massacres of Sinhalese civilian carried out by the LTTE during the Sri Lankan Civil War. The massacres took place on November 30 1984, in two tiny farming villages in the district of Mullaitivu in north-eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE had claimed that the North East of Sri Lanka was the exclusive homeland of Tamils, and began their campaign of ethnic cleansing in the 1980's. The Sinhalese and Muslim communities of the Northern Province and Eastern Province of Sri Lanka suffered severe loss of lives and property as a result of numerous civilian massacres carried out by the LTTE for the purpose of ethnically cleansing the North East of Sri Lanka.
Number of casualties
At Dollar farm, 33 Sinhalese were murdered and several others were injured in the shooting carried out by the cadres of LTTE. On the same day at Kent farm, another 29 Sinhalese civilians were massacred, thus increasing the total death toll to 62. Among the civilian casualties were men, women and children. The LTTE operatives used submachine guns , automatic rifles and hand grenades to kill civilians. Survivors also reported that LTTE cadres had killed children by bashing their heads against walls.
Related incidents
Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the
- Kebithigollewa massacre - 62 Sinhalese civilians died
- Gonagala massacre - 54 Sinhalese civilians died
- October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka Massacres - 120 Sinhalese civilians died
- Kallarawa massacre - 42 Sinhalese civilians died
- Dehiwala train bombing - 56 Sinhalese civilians died
- Palliyagodella massacre - 166 Muslim Civilians died
- Central Bank Bombing - 102 civilians died
- Anuradhapura massacre - 146 Sinhalese civilians died
See also
References
- 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. (October 1, 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. (November 04, 2003). The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1
Further reading
- Suicide terrorism: a global threat, Security, Jane's, October 20, 2000
- Kent Farm and Dollar Farm massacre; Pictures of murdered civilians, Lanka Library, June 11, 2006
- LTTE Tamil Tiger Atrocities, 2002