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Those who were massacred in 1990 at Sathurukondan in Batticaloa district have been commemorated yesterday. Commemorative events have taken place at the monument of Sathurukondan massacre and some other organized places.
In the genocidal massacre committed by the Sri Lankan government forces on 9th of September, 1990, 184 innocents were brutally killed. Massacred people were thrown into the burning tires by the Sri Lankan government forces. 47 children under ten, 85 women and 28 old persons were among the 184 villagers who were murdered. Tamils have been commemorating this m