The Sri Lanka Army fired artillery shells targeting Tharmapuram Junction, the remaining centre of displaced civilians in Vanni killing
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) stepped up artillery shelling towards Murasumoaddai, Pu’liyampokka’nai, Vaddakkachchi and Tharmapuram, east of Paranthan and Ki’ilnochchi
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked a petrol station and a bus depot killing four civilians and causing
In 1956, peaceful protest by Tamils in Colombo, against the Sinhala Only Act that was recently in passed by