Kent and Dollar Farm massacres
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The Kent and Dollar Farm massacres was one of the earliest massacre
s of Sinhalese
civilians carried out by the LTTE during the Sri Lankan Civil War
. The massacres took place on November 30, 1984, in two tiny farming villages in the district of Mullaitivu
in north-eastern Sri Lanka.
s, automatic rifle
s and hand grenades to kill civilians. Survivors also reported that LTTE cadres had killed children by bashing their heads against walls.
Massacre
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s of Sinhalese
Sinhalese people
The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group,forming the majority of Sri Lanka,constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population.They number approximately 15 million worldwide.The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The Sinhalese speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language and the...
civilians carried out by the LTTE during the Sri Lankan Civil War
Sri Lankan civil war
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on July 23, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil...
. The massacres took place on November 30, 1984, in two tiny farming villages in the district of Mullaitivu
Mullaitivu
Mullaitivu is a small town on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka. It is the capital of Mullaitivu District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. A largely fishing settlement, the town in the early 20th century grew as an anchoring harbour of the small sailing vessels transporting goods between...
in north-eastern Sri Lanka.
Number of casualties
At Dollar Farm, 33 Sinhalese were killed and several others were injured in the shooting carried out by the cadres of LTTE. On the same day at Kent Farm, another 29 Sinhalese civilians were killed, thus increasing the total death toll to 62. Among the civilian casualties were men, women and children. The LTTE operatives used submachine gunSubmachine gun
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s, automatic rifle
Automatic rifle
Automatic rifle is a term generally used to describe a semi-automatic rifle chambered for a rifle cartridge, capable of delivering both semi- and full automatic fire...
s and hand grenades to kill civilians. Survivors also reported that LTTE cadres had killed children by bashing their heads against walls.
See also
- List of massacres in Sri Lanka
- List of attacks attributed to the LTTE
- List of attacks attributed to Sri Lankan government forces
Further reading
- Suicide terrorism: a global threat, Security, Jane's, October 20, 2000
- Kent Farm and Dollar Farm massacre; Pictures of murdered civilians, Lanka Library, June 11, 2006
- LTTE Tamil Tiger Atrocities, 2002