Back Masacre de Muttur Spanish Muttur-massakren i 2006 NN Muttur-massakren i 2006 NB திருகோணமலை நிவாரணப் பணியாளர்கள் படுகொலை, 2006 Tamil
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| 2006 Trincomalee Massacre of NGO Workers | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
  Muttur Muttur (Sri Lanka) | |
| Location | Muttur, Sri Lanka |
| Date | 4 August 2006 |
| Target | Sri Lankan Tamil employees of Action Against Hunger |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
| Weapons | Automatic rifles |
| Deaths | 17 |
| Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Army [1][2] |
The 2006 Trincomalee Massacre of NGO Workers, also known as the Muttur Massacre,[3] took place on 4 or 5 August 2006, when 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) were shot at close range in the city of Muttur, Sri Lanka, close to Trincomalee.[4] The victims included sixteen minority Sri Lankan Tamils and one Sri Lankan Muslim.[5][6]
- ^ "TamilNet: 08.08.06 Bodies of 17 NGO workers brought to Trincomalee". TamilNet. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Monitors' statement on Sri Lanka killings". BBC NEWS. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "15 of Action Against Hunger's (ACFIN) national employees from Sri Lanka were killed in Muttur". Action Against Hunger. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
- ^ "Sri Lanka – Muttur Massacre". Action Against Hunger. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
- ^ Ganguly, Meenakshi (11 September 2006). "Sri Lanka: time to act". openDemocracy.net. Archived from the original on 27 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- ^ "Remembering the Muttur massacre 16 years on". Tamil Guardian. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2023.