1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre
On June 12, 1991, 152 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the Sri Lankan military in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa. The Sri Lankan government instituted a presidential commission to investigate the massacre. The commission found the commanding officer negligent in controlling his troops and recommended that he be removed from office, and identified nineteen other members of the Sri Lankan military to be responsible for mass murder. In a military tribunal that followed in the presidential commission in the capital city of Colombo, all nineteen soldiers were acquitted.
| Kokkadichcholai massacre | |
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The memorial erected by the local regional council to remember the victims of the multiple massacres. Names of the victims are etched in the memorial (circa 2006) | |
| Location | Kokkadichcholai, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 07°37′26″N 81°43′01″E |
| Date | June 12, 1991 |
| Target | Sri Lankan Tamil village residents |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
| Weapons | Automatic rifles, knives, axes |
| Deaths | 152 |
| Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Army |
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