1984 in Sri Lanka

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in Sri Lanka.

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Incumbents

Events
  • On 28 January 1984, a bomb exploded in the Hotel Lanka Oberoi in Colombo. One employee was killed.[1]
  • The Mannar massacre takes place in 1984 claiming the lives of roughly 107-150 ethnic tamils. The attack was a response to an incident when three Army jeeps hit a land mine, killing one soldier.[2]

Notes
a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
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References
  1. Rubin, Barnett R. (1987). Cycles of Violence: Human Rights in Sri Lanka Since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement. Human Rights Watch. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-938579-43-4.
  2. Brown (edit), Cynthia (1995). Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-152-5. p. 91


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