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on behalf of the local people He was also the local contact for the Sri Lankan government appointed presidential committee to investigate Human Rights violations in the Mannar district. Rev. Jeyarajasingham was shot dead on December 13, 1984, when he was travelling in his vehicle. Later his body
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The soldiers attacked the central hospital; stopped vehicles and shot and killed the occupants; shot 15 employees of the post office by lining them up and shooting them, killing eight; opened fire on peasants in fields; and attacked a convent, stripping the nuns of watches, gold crucifixes and
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was burnt along with his vehicle. Rev Fr Mary Bastian collected the remains of victims including Rev Jeyarajasingham and handed them to the Jeevothayam Methodist Centre. Rev Fr Mary Bastian was himself killed on January 6, 1985, allegedly by the military.
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chains. Another group of soldiers stopped a bus and shot all the male passengers. A bus travelling in the opposite direction was also stopped and twenty of its passengers were shot dead. Off the main road, an army jeep drove into the village of
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On December 4, 1984, three Sri Lankan Army jeeps hit a land mine, killing one soldier and wounding eleven others. In retaliation, about thirty (30) soldiers went on a rampage, attacking public buildings and civilians in and around Mannar.
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By the end, more than 200 people were killed; another 20 were missing, mostly young male Tamils taken to army camps. It took three days to transport all the bodies.
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populist politicians initiated measures aimed at reducing the over representation of Tamils in the civil service and science based courses such as the
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By 1956, 50% of clerical jobs were held by Tamils, although they were a minority of the country's population. This was partly a result of the
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Weaver, Mary Anne (January 27, 1985). "Tamils hit by scorched-earth blitz". London: Sunday Times. p. 9.
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The Ocean of Stories ; Children's Imagination, Creativity, and Reconciliation in Eastern Sri Lanka
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to investigate the incident. Although many locals were reluctant to participate in the investigation,
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Caron, Cynthia (March 15–21, 2003). "Floundering Peace Process: Need to Widen Participation".
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1984 mass killing of Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army soldiers in Mannar, Sri Lanka
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who was a member of the Presidential commission was later killed in January 1985. A
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hit a land mine, killing one soldier. In retaliation, landmarks such as the Central
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Neil DeVotta, Ethnolinguistic Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, p73
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that targeted the Sri Lankan Tamils, led to the formation of a number of
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and bus passengers were attacked. Villages around Mannar town such as
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Mendis, G. C. , The causes of communal conflict in Ceylon (1943)
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were also attacked. Immediately after the incident, the then
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appointed a Presidential commission of inquiry. A local
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1984 Mannar massacre is located in Sri Lanka
Mannar
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8°57′58″N 79°52′59″E / 8.96611°N 79.88306°E / 8.96611; 79.88306
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