Mahagodayaya massacre
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Mahagodayaya is a tiny village near Buttala
in the Monaragala District of Sri Lanka
, where 9 Sinhalese
civilians were killed by suspected LTTE cadres in an incident known as the Mahagodayaya massacre.
including a one and half year old infant and an 11 year old boy.
Buttala
Buttala is a town in Sri Lanka. It is located in Monaragala District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka.-History:The name Buttala or ‘Bath hala’ which is said to have been given in the times of King Dutugemunu. A large number of soldiers located in the area . They had been fed from the plentiful of rice in...
in the Monaragala District of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, where 9 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 were killed by suspected LTTE cadres in an incident known as the Mahagodayaya massacre.
Incident
This incident took place on the 12th of April 2009 , two days before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year. A group of LTTE terrorists stormed in to the village at around 7.30 pm and killed 9 SinhaleseSinhalese 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...
including a one and half year old infant and an 11 year old boy.
Background
After the Sri Lankan Army occupied all the areas in the East which were under LTTE control, most of the LTTE cadres left the organization or fled to north. However, some fled to areas of jungle in the South-East of Sri Lanka. It is these LTTE cadres who were responsible for the massacre of Sinhalese in rural areas of Buttala and Yala. Mahagodayaya massacre is one massacre in a series of massacres perpitrated by LTTE in recent years.See also
- List of massacres in Sri Lanka
- List of attacks attributed to the LTTE
- List of attacks attributed to Sri Lankan government forces