Tamils Kill Dozens in Revenge;Sri Lankan Soldiers Executed, Village Attacked

The Washington Post | October 7, 1987| | Copyright

Ethnic Tamil rebels killed dozens of Sinhalese, including eight soldiers they had been holding captive, in an outburst of violence yesterday and early today, reports from Sri Lankan officials said.

Tamils killed 14 Sinhalese in the northern Jaffna Peninsula and at least 25 others in an attack on a village in Eastern Province, the reports said.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said they killed the Jaffna victims in revenge for what they said were the forced suicides of 12 of their men, including two regional leaders. The 12 captured Tamils swallowed cyanide pills Monday as government ...

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