Mylanthanai massacre
Mylanthanai massacre | |
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Location | Sri Lankan Tamil village residents |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
Weapons | Automatics rifles, Knives, axes |
Deaths | 35 |
Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Army [1] |
The Mylanthanai massacre happened on August 9, 1992 when 35 minority Sri Lankan Tamils, including 14 children, at Mylanthanai in Batticaloa District in Sri Lanka, were killed.[2][3]
but they were acquitted by the unanimous verdict of a jury in Colombo.[5]Incident
On August 9, 1992 according to the government prosecutor
Government investigation
The government reaction was swift, according to the Sri Lanka Monitor, a reporting organization in the ongoing Sri Lankan Civil War, a line-up was held at Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court on April 2, 1993. Survivors of the killings identified 24 soldiers.[4]
The
More than 30 eyewitnesses came from Batticaloa along with coroner who conducted most of the autopsies and the presiding regional judge. Eye witness accounts from dead persons were also allowed to be read in the case. After an extensive hearing the case went before the jury. The jury found the soldiers not guilty. The Judge requested the Jury to reconsider the verdict but the jury found the accused soldiers not guilty again. The attorney general turned down the request of the victims representatives to appeal.[4][8]
Controversy over acquittal
Human rights agencies and relatives of victims expressed shock after 18 soldiers accused in the Mylanthanai case were released on 27 November.
According to Northeastern Herald, although the constitution provides room for appalling such cases, the
See also
References
- ^ "Mylanthanai massacre: 30 years on and justice remains a mirage". The Lanka Leader. 20 Aug 2022. Retrieved 12 Apr 2023.
- ^ "Mylanthanai case". BBC. November 26, 2002. Retrieved 2006-01-08.
- ^ "Mylanthanai massacre remembered 30 years on". Tamil Guardian. 12 Apr 2023. Retrieved 12 Apr 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Jury finds Mylanthanai massacre accused not guilty". Sri Lanka Monitor. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2006-01-06.
- ^ "Human Rights accountability, first". UTHR. Retrieved 2006-01-07.
- ^ "Mylanthanai case". BBC. November 26, 2002. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- ^ "Woman witness gives evidence". Tamilnet. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's Human Rights Crisis". Retrieved 2007-08-11.
- ^ The Human Rights Task: Accountability First
- ^ "AG refuses to appeal the verdict". Northeastern Herald. Retrieved 2006-01-07.