Welikada prison massacre

The Welikada Prison Massacre took place during the 1983 Black July pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamil minority in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fifty-three prisoners were killed inside a high-security prison.[1] No one has been convicted of crimes relating to these incidents.[2]

Anti-Tamil pogroms
in Sri Lanka
Gal Oya (1956)
1958 pogrom
1977 pogrom
Black July (1983)

Incident

The incident occurred in two different series of actions: the first on 25 July 1983 when 35 Tamil prisoners were attacked and killed by Sinhalese inmates. The second massacre was two days later when Sinhalese inmates killed another 18 Tamil detainees and 3 prison deputies.[3]

Other prison massacres
  • Bindunuwewa prison massacre
  • Kalutara prison massacre
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References
  1. Welikada Massacre Colombo Telegraph - 9 August 2019
  2. Govt. yet to pay compensation to July '83 victims Daily News Lanka - 30 March 2004
  3. http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/october2000/mass.html


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