Human-rights / NGO report

Sri Lanka: Deliberate killing of more than 50 civilians by LTTE

Source[@amnesty-1999-asa-37-23-99]
Publisher
Amnesty International
Date
20 September 1999
Language
English

Public statement, AI Index ASA 37/23/99, News Service 175/99.

18 Sept 1999 Corroborated

Gonagala massacre, Ampara District (1999)

Before dawn on 18 September 1999, LTTE terrorists killed 50 to 54 Sinhalese villagers, including children, in Gonagala and two nearby hamlets in Ampara District.

Attacks on Civilians Gonagala, 31 Colony, Ampara District 50–54 killed 5 sources