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Massacre at Thandikulam happened on November 19 2006 when Sri Lankan Army troopes allegedly opened fire on a group of minority Sri Lankan Tamil and muslim students at an Agricultural College at Thandikulam close to Vavuniya in Sri Lanka. Five students were killed along with 10 injured.

Incident

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This incident happened after a dedly LTTE ambush on the government forces.

According to the Nordic truce monitors known as the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission,

On November 19 that Sri Lankan troops opened fire on a group of agriculture students at close range in the island's north on Saturday, killing five

.

According to the report local eye witness accounts reported that

"These soldiers fired indiscriminately at a group of students who had thrown themselves on the ground seeking safety after an LTTE Claymore mine blast nearby,"

Helen Olafsdottir, spokeswoman for the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission that oversees the 2002 ceasefire, told Reuters.

According to her witnesses said that the soldiers jumped over the fence, into the agricultural school premises, and opened fire. She also added that the soldiers shot from close range, five of the students were killed and at least 10 others were injured.

Government response

A military spokesman said ground troops told him the civilians were killed in crossfire after a rebel Tamil Tiger blast in the northern district of Vavuniya killed five soldiers on Saturday, and that police were investigating.

The Tamil National Alliance a local party representing the minority Tamil people in Sri Lanka condemned the massacre.

See also

• Sri Lankan Civil War
• Human rights in Sri Lanka

References

1. ^ Reuters report
2. BBC report
3. Daily mirror 2006

External links

• Five Students killed in Sri Lanka

• Sri Lankan Tamil history
• Civilian massacres in Sri Lanka
• War crimes in Sri Lanka