GENOCIDE TIMELINE

Date	Incident	Place
2009
April 20	Dr. Meera Mohideen, VOG attached to the Vavuniya hospital was gunned down at his residence by unidentified gunmen	Vavuniya
April 05	Director of the Kalladi Police Training School – Superintendent of Police H.L. Jamaldeen was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Maruthamunai.	Maruthamunai, Kalmunai, Ampara District
March 10	Suicide blast at the National Meelad Day ceremony killed at least 14 people and 38 others injured including few Ministers.	Godapitiya, Akuressa
2008
October 16	Two Muslim farmers and two Tamil farmers shot dead.	Vammiyadikkulam in Vattamadu, Akkaraipattu
October 06	UNP’s North-Central provincial council member Mr. Annoordeen (Attorney at law) and another lawyer Mr. Hameed, his wife and Sirasa Anuradhapura correspondent, Maharoof Mohammed Rashmi (31) were killed in a suicide attack in Anuradhapura that claimed 27 lives.	Anuradhapura Town
September 28	An innocent Muslim youth Mohamed Nizar was gunned down at a checkpoint in Palliyagodella allegedly by drunken home guards.	Palliyagodella, Medirigiriya
September 24	A Muslim businessman S.P. Ansar (56) was killed by two unidentified men, travelling on a motorbike, who have shot at Mr. Ansar near an ice plant in the Hambantota area and fled from the scene.	Hambantota
September 18	Aliyar Mohamed Saleem (30), a father of three from Ulla 19, Pottuvil died in the Moneragala prison alleged to have been subjected to torture by prison guards. Six others were arrested with him on 20th August 2008 in Moneragala in the Atthimalai Jungle when they were engaged in cutting firewood for their livelihood.	Moneragala
August 23	A group of Muslim firewood sellers were shot at allegedly by a uniformed gang near Iqbal Nagar. Three died and two were critically injured as a result.	Periyakulam, Iqbal Nagar, Kuchaveli, Trincomalee
2007
November 10	A Muslim NGO worker, Mr. Jamaldeen Gowthu was brutally assaulted and shot dead by the LTTE.	Cheddikulam, Vavuniya
2006
September 18	Pottuvil Massacre – Ten innocent Muslim workers were hacked to death. One survived and Pottuvil people blame the STF for the incident although it was reported that this sole survivor told a Muslim Cabinet Minister that the LTTE were behind the attacks. A magisterial inquiry is yet to take place.	Pothuvil, Ampara
August 03	Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims from Muthur and Thoppur areas by LTTE.	Muthur and Thoppur areas in Trincomalee district.
2005
November 30	A.L.M. Faleel, young and experienced Secretary of Kaathankudy was shot at whilst getting ready to go for Friday Jummah prayers from office.	Kaathankudy
2002
February 22	Signing of Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) between Government of Sri Lanka and LTTE facilitated by the Norwegian Government
2000
October 03	An LTTE bomb kills parliamentary candidate Mohammed Baithullah and more than twenty other Muslims in Muttur. At least 49 others were injured.	Muthur, Trincomalee
1998
January 02	Mannar GA (Government Agent) Mr. M.M. Makbool (the first ever Muslim GA in Mannar) was killed by landmine planted by LTTE	Mannar
1992
December 26	Deputy GA for Muslim areas in Oddamavadi, Batticaloa Mr. V. Ahamad and Mr. Muhaideen, Attorney at Law were killed in a landmine attack by LTTE	Batticaloa
October 15	Palliyagodella Genocide – LTTE attacked a Muslim village and shot and hacked to death 182 civilians (171 of them were Muslims), twelve policemen and eight soldiers; 83 others were injured	Palliyagodella Polonnaruwa
September 01	A powerful time bomb planted in the box of an ice cream seller by the LTTE exploded in the Sainthamaruthu market place killing 35 innocent civilians and injuring 45.	Sainthamarathu, Kalmunai, Ampara
July 21	LTTE stopped a train, ordered the passengers to get down and opened fire at the Muslim passengers: seven Muslims were killed and four Muslims were injured.	Parangiyamadu, Batticaloa
July 15	LTTE attacked a civilian bus proceeding from Kathankudy towards Kalmunai, killing 19 Muslims and injuring seven.	Kirankulam, Batticaloa
April 29	LTTE attacked the Alinchipothana village, killing 56 Muslims and injuring 15	Alinchipothana, Polonnaruwa
1991
October 24	LTTE who were in ambush, fired at a civilian van killing three Tamils and three Muslims.	Iqbal Nagar
September 19	LTTE attacked a Muslim village, killing 13 Muslims and injuring six others	Palliyagodella, Polonnaruwa
August 08	Six Muslim farmers killed by LTTE.	Sammanthurai
July 06	LTTE cut to death nine Muslims and moved towards the Mahaweli river bank and cut to death another eight persons, injuring four others. One of the injured succumbed to his injuries. Total killed: 16 Muslims and two Sinhalese	Pudur, Jaffna
May 19	LTTE attacked five Muslims and two Sinhalese persons, whilst they were returning from the paddy-field, killing six persons and injuring one	Erakkamam, Ampara
May 19	LTTE fired on a group of Muslims who were returning from the paddy-field in a tractor; nine Muslims were killed and two injured	Sammanthurai, Ampara
March 24	Bomb explosion carried out by LTTE at Fish Market Akkaraipattu, killing nine Muslims and injuring 32 others	Akkaraipattu
1990
October 22	Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Muslims – The LTTE expelled, within 48 hours, around 100,000 Muslims living under their control	Northern districts of SL (Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaittivu, Mannar)
October 11	LTTE shot dead nine Muslims	Arugambay, Ampara
September 21	LTTE attacked the village killing 15 Muslims and injuring eleven	Pudukudiyirippu Ampara
September 13	LTTE hacked to death seven Muslim civilians and injured one	Poonani, Batticaloa
August 13	A Muslim village adjoining a Sinhalese village was attacked by LTTE; nine Muslims and one Sinhalese were killed. Three others were injured	Awarantalawa Vavuniya
August 12	LTTE attacked Div. 3 & 6, Eravur, killing 116 Muslims and injuring 20 others	Eravur, Batticaloa
August 12	Four farmers who were working in the paddy fields in Sammanthurai were killed by the LTTE.	Sammanthurai, Ampara
August 06	LTTE killed 33 Muslim farmers working in a paddy-field.	Ampara
August 05	LTTE killed 17 Muslim farmers working in a paddy-field.	Mulliyankadu, Ampara
August 03	Kathankudy Mosque Genocide – 4 incidents Killing of 147 Muslim men and boys in 4 mosques in Kathankudy by LTTE on August 4, 1990. Around 30 LTTE cadres raided four mosques in Kathankudy, where over 300 people were prostrate in Isha prayers.	Kathankudy, Batticaloa (Meera Jumma, Husseinia, Majid-Jul-Noor and Fowzie Mosques)
August 01	Eight Muslims were shot to death at Akkaraipattu town	Akkaraipattu, Ampara
July 23	LTTE killed eight persons, thought to be Muslims and hanged them on trees	Veeracholai, Batticaloa
July 23	5 Muslims who were staying in the Jariya Mosque in Sammanthurai were killed by the LTTE and three others were injured.	Sammanthurai
July 19	Muslim passengers were abducted and killed at Ampilanthurai	Ampilanthurai , Batticaloa
July 14	69 Muslims who were on their way back from Haj pilgrimage were kidnapped and killed by the LTTE at Onthachimadam.	Onthachimadam, Batticaloa
July 11	Over 400 unarmed police officers were shot dead by the LTTE in Police Stations across eastern Sri Lanka; 22 of them were Muslims	Eastern Province
July 07	17 Muslims were killed at Puthur, a border Muslim village in Polonnaruwa.	Puthur, Polonnaruwa
July 03	U.L. Dawood, member of Citizen Committee of the Batticaloa District, and the Cluster Principal of Alighar Central school, Eravur, Al Haj M.L.A. Gafoor JP and Quazi and his father in law U.L. Ali Mohamed were kidnapped and killed by armed LTTE cadres.	Batticaloa
July 02	14 farmers were shot and hacked to death at Akkaraipatttu.	Akkaraipattu, Ampara
June 29	6 Muslims including the chief Trustee of the Hijar Mosque, Oddamavadi were killed by th LTTE.	Oddamavadi, Batticaloa
January 30	M.Y.M. Mansoor, SLMC provincial councilor of North east Provincial Council was shot by the LTTE and later his corpse was removed from the Kalmunai General Hospital by the LTTE. The LTTE also killed five Muslim patients in a private hospital and abducted 10 people, including a doctor on the same day.	Ampara
1989
January 17	39 Muslim Police Officers were shot dead in attacks carried out in Police stations all over Kalmunai, Sammanthurai, Kaaraitheevu, Pottuvil, Akkaraipattu with the aid of Indian military	Ampara District
1987
November 13	Former MP for Muttur and Deputy Minister M.A. Abdul Majeed was shot dead at his home in Kinniya.Courtesy PSM	Kinniya, Trincomalee