Mahagodayaya massacre

is a tiny village near Buttala in the Monaragala District of Sri Lanka, where 9 Sinhalese civilians were killed by suspected LTTE cadres in an incident known as the Mahagodayaya massacre.

Incident[]

This incident took place on 12 April 2009, two days before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year. A group of LTTE terrorists stormed in to the village at around 7.30 pm and killed 9 Sinhalese including a one and half year old infant and an 11-year-old boy.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ "Tigers massacre 12 civilians in Moneragala", theisland.lk. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.
^ "Number killed at Mahagodayaya is nine"^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Tigers massacre 12 civilians in Moneragala", theisland.lk. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.

[2] "Number killed at Mahagodayaya is nine"^{[permanent dead link]}

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