Year 1991

Bogamuyaya Village massacre

On 23rd January 1991, a group consisting about 70 LTTE terrorists stormed Bogamuyaya Sinhalese village. The terrorists wielding swords, machetes, clubs, and firearms butchered 29 civilians. Majority of the victims were woman, and children. Police found 5 survivors with serious injuries cause by sharp weapons.

By the end of the year 1990, most of the Sinhalese and Muslims vacated their ancient villages in the Mullaittivu, Kilinochchi, Trincomalee, Battiacaloa, Vavuniya, Mannar and Ampara districts.

Also, those villages in the Anurdhapura, Polonnaruwa, and Monaragala districts bordering the North and Eastern Provinces were being fast vacated by their inhabitants as terrorists started attacking them. A brutal ethnic cleansing campaign carried out by a terrorists group was becoming a success as the world kept blind eye to the situation.