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On 2nd February 1986, a group LTTE terrorist armed with small arms and swords raided Kantale village in Trincomalee district. The terrorists tortured and hacked 19 civilians still on their sleeping mats. Majority of the victims were women and children
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On 5th May 1986, a group of LTTE terrorists came hunting for Muslim civilians at Kinniya village, in Trincomalee district slaughtered four civilians after brutally torturing them
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By the mid 1986 the terrorist group that
had started itself as a band of cutthroats and robbers
developed itself to a mass murdering organization. The
so-called border villages were gradually moving out of the
North and East as more and more villages in Anuradhapura,
Polonnaruwa and Monaragala districts were also becoming
border villages
On 25th May 1986, a group of LTTE terrorists armed with
firearms, swords, clubs and knives stormed Mahadivulwewa
village in Anuradhapura district during the midnight hours.
The terrorists broke into the civilian houses and butchered
the sleeping villagers. Children were tortured and chopped
while their parents watching, pregnant mothers were ripped
their wombs open with swords, and elderly were burnt alive.
Mutilated bodies of 20 civilians including women and
children were found. Over 20 housed were set ablaze by the
terrorists
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Village massacreOn 2nd June 1986, a group of LTTE terrorists armed with fire arms, swords, and knives stormed civilian houses at 3rd Mile Post, Trincomalee and butchered 10 civilians, including women and children
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On 4th June 1986, LTTE terrorists attacked Andankulam Sinhala village in Trincomalee district. 17 civilians mostly women and children were hacked to death after undergoing brutal torture at the hands of the terrorists
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On 21st June 1986, a group of armed LTTE
terrorists stormed Wilgamwehera hamlet in Trincomalee
district and butchered 9 civilians including children.
It could be observed that the terrorists were increasingly
using sharp weapons to kill and maim the innocent civilians
in order give maximum horror to the victims and the
onlookers. The terror stricken civilians started vacating
the ancient villages they lived for generations and started
moving towards south.
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On 8th July 1986, a group of armed LTTE
terrorists attacked Monkey Bridge Sinhalse village,
Trincomalee and killed 15 civilians including women and
children
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On 9th July 1986, the LTTE terrorists
armed with swords, machetes and clubs stormed Mullipothana
village in Trincomalee district during night hours.
16 civilians, largely women and children
were killed. According to the coroner’s reports the child
victims had been clubbed to death by the terrorists while
their parents had been hacked.
Most of these brutal crimes against humanity were not given
publicity by international media. Human Rights
organizations, NGOs and various other international
champions of human rights kept silent on the looming
humanitarian disaster in the island nation
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On 13th July 1986, a group of 4-armed LTTE
terrorists travelling in a jeep opened fire at villagers of
Pavakkulam, in Trincomalee. 11 villagers including women and
children were killed
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On 19th July 1986, over 100 armed LTTE
terrorists armed with sharp weapons , clubs and small arms
stormed Beruwil and Waigawewa villages . 17 villagers were
killed including women and children. At least 5 others
suffered serious cut wounds
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On 17th September 1986, a group of armed
LTTE terrorists stalked into the block 4 of the Sugar
Corporation in Kantalai and murdered 10 villagers and
wounded many others
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On 17th September 1986, after massacring
10 villagers in Kantale , the same terrorists group attacked
the ancient Sinhalese village of Wadigawewa , Trincomalee .
12 villagers including women and children were killed |
