Mirusuvil massacre

Mirusuvil massacre
LocationMirusuvil, Jaffna district, Sri Lanka
Coordinates9°40′0″N 80°14′0″E / 9.66667°N 80.23333°E / 9.66667; 80.23333
DateDecember 20, 2000
TargetSri Lankan Tamil civilians
Attack type
Stabbing
WeaponsKnife
Deaths8
PerpetratorsSri Lanka Army
ConvictedSunil Rathnayake

Mirusuvil massacre [1] refers to the massacre and subsequent mass burial of eight Sri Lankan Tamil civilians on 20 December 2000.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Mirusuvil massacre case". BBC.com. 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ "Mirusuvil mass graves". British Refugee Council: Sri Lanka Monitor. 2007-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06.
  3. ^ "Activities of Center for Human Rights Development". chrdsrilanka.org. 2007-05-09. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2007-08-27.