Summary
Tampalakamam massacre happened on February 1, 1998 when eight (8) minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were taken to the nearby police station and shot dead by Sri Lankan police and patriotic Sri Lankan civilians. The victims include a 13- and a 17-year-old boy.[1] One of the school boys killed was Arumugam Segaran, who had his reproductive organs pierced and placed in his mouth by the perpetrators.[2] Later one of the accused in the murder case was shot dead by unknown gunmen[3]
Incident edit
On the day of the incident about twenty (20) police arrested the victims. After taking the victims inside the police post they were shot at close range. The Kantale police reportedly went house to house pressuring the families to write and sign statement stating that those victims were killed by the LTTE or that they were killed by members of the LTTE. Later a national television channel reported that six (6) LTTE cadres were killed at Tampalakamam .[4]
Result edit
The alleged police officers have not been arrested. They were instead transferred to Kantalai police station and are still on duty.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Amnesty International Report". Amnesty International.org. Archived from the original on January 31, 2004. Retrieved 2006-01-06.
- ^ Fein, Bruce (2009). Model Indictment for Genocide Against Gotabhaya Rajapakse and Sarath Fonseka Proposed to the U.S. Justice Department (PDF). Washington DC: Tamils Against Genocide. p. 89.
- ^ "Tampalakamam accused shot dead". Tamilnet.com. Retrieved 2006-01-06.
- ^ "Amnesty International Report". Amnesty International.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Amnesty International Report". Amnesty International.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2007-02-28.