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1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers | |
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Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
Location | Eastern Province, Sri Lanka |
Date | 11 June 1990 |
Target | Unarmed Sri Lanka Police officers who had surrendered |
Attack type | Armed massacre, mass shooting, domestic terrorism |
Weapons | Firearms |
Deaths | 600–774 police officers 10 soldiers |
Perpetrators | LTTE |
A mass murder of police officers took place on 11 June 1990. Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization, are alleged to have killed over 600[1] unarmed Sri Lanka Police officers in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Some accounts have estimated the number killed as high as 774.[2]