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Eravur – The Bloodiest Attack Against a Muslim Village.

Incident Details
 
Name Eravur – The Bloodiest Attack Against a Muslim Village.
Incident Date 1990-08-11
 
Description
A group of over 200 LTTE terrorists wielding clubs, machetes, swords and firearms carried out a night raid targeting Saddam Hussein village. Ponnaikadu, and Klawaichannai in Eravur and butchered 173 civilians and wounded over 20 others. In the orgy of violence carried out J.F. Ranjith Perera 146 by the terrorists many victims were seen brutally tortured, with limbs chopped away one by one before the terrorists finally beheaded their victims. A large majority of the victims were women and children. The terrorists also looted all their belongings before they left the villages.
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