Sri Lanka 3000 Tamils killed within 10 days, Genocide on Tamils Black July 1983

The riots, which began in Colombo, spread to Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya and Trincomalee, areas where Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils were concentrated.

The `riots', which began on the night of July 24, 1983, saw Sri Lanka go up in flames by early August. The Government maintained that the violence was a spontaneous backlash of the killing of 13 soldiers in Jaffna by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

"Clearly this was not a spontaneous upsurge of communal hatred among the Sinhala people. It was a series of deliberate acts, executed in accordance with a concerted plan, conceived and organised well in advance." What, however, must not be missed is the silver lining: many Sinhalese risked their lives to save their Tamil friends from the marauding mobs.

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[SinhalaM4U]

mate dont be a terrorist sympathy. Sri lanka is the only ONLY country to completely wiped a terrorist group.

Now countries like USA and UK are quiet jealous of srilanka. I can make one thing clear to those who are still in Iraq ...LEARN FROM SRI LANKAN ARMY !!

[XDdanOne]

It is you sympathising a TERROIST STATE!

Sri Lanka is the only country in the word where they say Killing innocent people is wiping out terrorists!

Yes! learn from SLA Army how to act COWARDLY!!!!

[sivaprem123]

Fuck your mother fucking Srilankan Army,U mother fuckers desperately answer to god

[MrLuckydesilva]

Bull shit fake news The Government had nothing to do

[XDdanOne]

@tokmaster002 Well Tokmaster, I'm not a third party. I'm a victim of a racist Sinhalese government, corrupted Tamil leaders and a bloody war.

Your reviews are wrong! You sure you've seen both sides of the coin. I DON'T THINK SO.

Do you believe that ALL Tamils in SL enjoy the same freedom like Sinhalese people? Think about it.

[tokmaster002]

@XDdanOne trust me i have heard stories from both sides of the coin

and again, let me stress that every story does contain a bias unless it comes from a neutral party... you sound like you are not a third party

after having reviewed all the events that have taken place in sri lanka, i can strongly say that it is best for sri lanka to be united as one country... a seperate state is not viable

[XDdanOne]

@tokmaster002

I didn't get the history from literature! This was part of my life.

How many eyewitnesses would you like to speak to?

[XDdanOne]

@tokmaster002 I didn't get the history from literature! This was part of my life.

How many eyewitnesses would you like to speak to?

[tokmaster002]

@XDdanOne

maybe it is you who should be reviewing history... please remember that a bias can be found in most literature! :)

[XDdanOne]

too bad you don't know the history. It was the singalese gov who started anti tamil riots.