| The Polonnaruwa massacre was a series of LTTE attacks on civilians in the villages of Alanchipothana, Karapola, Madurangala and Muthugal in eastern Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka on 29 April 1992 which left 157 dead.
1. Alanchipothana,
At around 12.30am on 29 April 1992 30–40 Tamil Tigers, allegedly aided by Tamil villagers, attacked the Muslim village of Alanchipothana (also known as Allipothana, Alinghipothana and Alinchipotana) in Polonnaruwa district. The first target was a police post on the outskirts of the village. 26 policemen, 12 Home Guards and 35 volunteers were based at the police post. Most of these fled into the rice fields and jungle. The attackers then shot and hacked to death villagers sleeping in their homes. 54 dead bodies, including 25 women and 21 children under 10, were found at the village after the attack.
2. Karapola and Muthugal,
At around 6am on 29 April 1992 the Home Guards and policemen from Alanchipothana went to the police post at the Tamil village of Karapola and informed the policemen there of the attack on Alanchipothana. The policemen from Karapola and the Home Guards and policemen from Alanchipothana then went to Muthugal, another Tamil village, and shot and hacked to death dozens of villagers. They returned to Karapola where they killed dozens of villagers. Then, at around 9am, they went to Muthugal again and continued their killings.51 villagers, including 13 children under 10, were killed at Muthugal. 38 villagers were killed in Karapola.
Karapola
31 of 38 victims at Karapola have been identified:
1. Annaletchumy, 18
2. Annamma
3. Iyathurai
4. Janakie, 8
5. Kandasamy, 35
6. Kandasamy
7. Kannamma
8. Kunjan, 30
9. Leelavathie
10. Marimuttu
11. Muthupillai
12. Muttan
13. Niranjan
14. Palan
15. Poomani
16. Rasiah, 60
17. Retnam
18. Saraswathie
19. Sarathadevie, 18
20. Sinnamuttu, 68
21. Sinnathangam
22. Sivagnanam, 40
23. Sivarubie, 28
24. Sivaramanie, 18
25. Subakar, 7
26. Sudharshan, 7
27. Sussiharan
28. Thangamma
29. Thangarajah, 45
30. Thangarajah
31. M Thoma
Muthugal
50 of 51 victims at Muthugal have been identified:
1. T. Baabu, 14
2. S. Babie, 1
3. S. Baliah, 27
4. T. Geetha, 14
5. K. Gopalapillai, 40
6. K. Gopikrishnan, 35
7. T. Inpavathy, 8
8. K. Kanaganathan, 4
9. A. Kandiah, 78
10. T. (or K.) Kannagai, 40
11. K. Kubendrarajah, 33
12. P. Kulendraranee, 35
13. S. Lakshimi, 12
14. P. Logeswaran, 12
15. S. Madanthai, 80
16. P. Maheswarie, 29
17. S. Mangayarkarasi, 2
18. N. Manohanthan, 10
19. T. Navamanie, 30
20. V. Nethapillai, 80
21. V. Nithiyakalyani, 30
22. P. Packiyarajah, 37
23. T. Panchilakami, 12
24. S. Rathees, 4
25. T. Ravichandran, 12
26. T. Regan, 3
27. S. Rubie, 5
28. K. Sadasivam, 34
29. S. Selvasasie, 3
30. S. Sivanesarajah, 40
31. S. (or A.) Sivapathy, 32
32. S. Sudharshan, 3
33. T. Suhenthi, 4
34. P. Sulochadevi, 18
35. P. Sulochandevi, 30
36. Sunderalingam, 28
37. K Thangaranee, 21
38. Sinnarasiah Thangeswaran, 3
39. V. Tharmalingam, 49
40. S. Theivanapillai, 70
41. V. Theivanayagam, 35
42. P. Thiruloganathan, 14
43. T. Uthayakumarie, 22
44. T. Vasanthakumarie, 13
45. T. Vijayakumarie, 15
46. T. Vijeyendran, 4
47. N. Viswalingam, 7
48. P. William Singho, 44
49. S. Yogamme, 65
50. S. Yogasankaraie, 40
Madurangala
3 of 6 victims at Madurangala have been identified:
1. P. Packiyarajah
2. Sundaralingam
3. Peiris Wijayasinghe |
