1984 in Sri Lanka

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

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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
gollark: What was it anyway?
gollark: AAAAH TOO MANY
gollark: I took... um, one of them, I guess.
gollark: A xenowyrm. Everyone loves xenowyrms. Except people who don't. https://dragcave.net/teleport/4b5598b7623c2625f7cb118e5abb8a78Zyu of Slight Messiness: https://dragcave.net/teleport/efdf5f88803b0c23401eb984b17debaf
gollark: I saw someone gifting a thing and thought "I should gift a thing" so: 2G ash!https://dragcave.net/teleport/26b5db2b06e5728b29d519bbb91dbbffIf you take it, say so or demons shall tear apart the very threads of space and time underpinning the structure of the universe to hunt you down and force you to pay for your evil crimes.

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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