Mirusuvil massacre | |
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Location | Mirusuvil, Jaffna district, Sri Lanka |
Coordinates | 9°40′0″N 80°14′0″E / 9.66667°N 80.23333°E |
Date | December 20, 2000 |
Target | Sri Lankan Tamil civilians |
Attack type | Stabbing |
Weapons | Knife |
Deaths | 8 |
Perpetrators | Sri Lanka Army |
Convicted | Sunil 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]