| Vankalai massacre | |
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| Location | Vankalai, Mannar district, Sri Lanka |
| Date | June 8, 2006 (+6 GMT) |
| Target | Sri Lankan Tamil civilians |
Attack type | Torture, Strangulation |
| Weapons | Guns |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Perpetrators | 'Sri Lankan Army |
The Vankalai massacre was a massacre of a family of four minority Sri Lankan Tamils at the hands of the Sri Lankan military personnel from the village of Vankalai in Mannar District, Sri Lanka on June 8, 2006. The victims were tortured and the mother was gang raped before her murder.[1][2][3][4]
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