News report

54 killed as LTTE unleashed terror on villagers

Source[@sundaytimes-1999-09-19-gonagala]

Author: Chris Kamalendra
Publisher: The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
Date: 19 September 1999
Language: English
Original: sundaytimes.lk ↗

Front-page report filed from Ampara the day after the attack.

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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