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The Kebithigollewa massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 29 countries including the US, Australia, EU, India and Canada due to its terrorist activities. This was the largest massacre of Sinhalese civilians by the LTTE since the signing of the ceasefire agreement.
Incident
The Kebithigollewa massacre is an incident on June 15 , 2006 during which LTTE cadres killed 68 Sinhalese men, women, infants and a Buddhist monk travelling on a bus. The state owned bus was travelling on a deserted country road near Kebitigollewa when it was struck by two Claymore 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.”. The SLMM 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 Vavuniya and Mannar from April to June of 2006, in a "deliberate strategy against Tamil Tiger cadres and civilians", in "gross violation" of the ceasefire agreement.
Related incidents
Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the
- Anuradhapura massacre - 146 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
- Kent and Dollar Farm massacres - 52 Sinhalese civilians died
References
- "United States Condemns Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Bus". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2006-06-15.
- "Military 'killed Lanka aid staff'". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-08-30.
See also
Further reading
- 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