News report

Ampara villagers still in jaws of death

Source[@sundaytimes-1999-10-03-ampara-villagers]

Author: Nilika de Silva and Faraza Farook
Publisher: The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
Date: 3 October 1999
Language: English
Original: www.sundaytimes.lk ↗

Report on security fears and displacement in Ampara District two weeks after the Gonagala killings.

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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