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The Polonnaruwa massacre was a series of 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]

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  1. 14 relations: Amnesty International, Colombo, Kandy, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces, Polonnaruwa, Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Civil Security Force, Sri Lanka Police, Sri Lankan Moors, Sri Lankan Tamils, University Teachers for Human Rights.

  2. 1990s massacres of the Sri Lankan Civil War
  3. 1992 crimes in Sri Lanka
  4. Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
  5. Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Civil Security Force
  6. Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Police
  7. Mass murder of Sri Lankan Muslims
  8. Massacres in 1992
  9. Sri Lankan government forces attacks in Eelam War II
  10. Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1992

Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.

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Kandy

Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara,; கண்டி Kandy) is a major city in located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; translit, translit; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka.

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List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces

The following is a list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed mobs and paramilitary groups (Home Guards, EPDP, PLOTE, TMVP, Ukussa, Black Cats etc.).

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Polonnaruwa

Poḷonnaruwa, (translit; translit) also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in ancient times, is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.

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Polonnaruwa District

Polonnaruwa District (පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Sri Lanka Army

The Sri Lanka Army (Śrī Laṃkā yuddha hamudāva; Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.

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Sri Lanka Civil Security Force

The Department of Civil Security (Sinhala: සිවිල් ආරක්ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව Sivil ārakshaka depathamentuwā; Tamil: சிவில் பாதுகாப்பு துறை) (also known as the Civil Defence Force) is an auxiliary force administered by the Ministry of Defence.

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Sri Lanka Police

Sri Lanka Police (Shrī Lanka Polīsiya; Ilaṅkai Kāval) is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan Moors

Sri Lankan Moors (translit; Arwi:; translit; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minority group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.3% of the country's total population.

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Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils, also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.

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University Teachers for Human Rights

The University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) or UTHR(J) was formed in 1988 at the University of Jaffna, Jaffna, in Sri Lanka, as part of the national organization University Teachers for Human Rights.

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See also

1990s massacres of the Sri Lankan Civil War

1992 crimes in Sri Lanka

Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Civil Security Force

Attacks on civilians attributed to the Sri Lanka Police

Mass murder of Sri Lankan Muslims

Massacres in 1992

Sri Lankan government forces attacks in Eelam War II

Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1992

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonnaruwa_massacre