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Karapolla-Muthugalle massacre 29 April 1992

Karapolla and Muthugalle villages are situated in the Polannaruwa districts. These villages are on the border of the Batticaloa district. The people of thisvillage mostly work as labourers, keeping cow herds and collecting honey
from the forests.
On 29.04.1992, Sri Lankan military and Muslim groups entered the villages
at night and killed the sleeping villagers by cutting them with knives. 97
people were killed including women and children. All the villagers
displaced from these two villages after this incident.