The 1985 Valvettiturai massacre happened on May 12, 1985 after 2 landmine attacks killed 10 soldiers and an officer in Valvettiturai. 70 minority

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pr ...

civilians from the town of Valvettithurai (abbreviated as VVT),

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

were rounded up. They were asked to go inside the town library and then the library was blown up by the Sri Lankan Army killing all of them. p. 214 The

LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

would later apparently retaliate in

Anuradhapura Anuradhapura ( si, අනුරාධපුරය, translit=Anurādhapuraya; ta, அனுராதபுரம், translit=Aṉurātapuram) is a major city located in north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central ...

. p. 91 In the ensuing weeks dozens more Tamil civilians were also killed.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valvettiturai massacre, 1985 1985 crimes in Sri Lanka Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Army Massacres in Sri Lanka Massacres in 1985 Mass murder of Sri Lankan Tamils Sri Lankan government forces attacks in Eelam War I Valvettithurai Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1985

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