Kanthalai is situated in the Trincomalee district. On 04,05.06
1986, near the 4th Milepost, Sri Lankan Air Force and home guards armed by them, stopped the buses and identified the Tamils and attacked them. Many were killed,
disappeared and injured. On 05.06.1986, a bus with 25 passengers going from Trincomalee to Vavuniya was stopped and attacked. The bus was burnt. From the ashes 10 bodies were recovered including that
of a child and a baby. Over the two days, more than 50 civilians were killed and the fate of more
than 35 civilians is not known.
