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cease-fire agreement between the government and the Tamil militant groups. The realization that the conflict couldn't be solved by purely military means softened the
Sinhalese opposition to accommodation with the Tamils, thereby enabling the government for the first time to seriously consider a political settlement based on regional autonomy to the Tamil areas.
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As the first massacre of
Sinhalese civilians carried out by the Tamil militants outside the northern and eastern provinces, the Sinhalese public at large became conscious of the fact that the violence could be brought to their territory as well. The public shock was the primary reason that led to the
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Anti-Tamil riots broke out in
Anuradhapura town soon after the massacre. Sinhalese mob went on a rampage, burning and looting 8 Tamil-owned shops. Kathiresan Hindu temple and several Tamil houses were also burned. Between 15 and 20 Tamil civilians were brutally killed and burned to death. More Tamils
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Initially, a small militant organization, the Eelam
Revolutionary Organization of Students (EROS) claimed responsibility for the massacre, but it later retracted the statement, and joined the People's Liberation Organization for Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) in denouncing the incident. The groups accused the
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The LTTE hijacked a bus on May 14, 1985, and entered
Anuradhapura. As the cadres entered the main bus station, they opened fire indiscriminately with automatic weapons killing and wounding many civilians who were waiting for buses. The cadres then drove to the
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were killed the following day. An angered army corporal shot dead 9 Tamil civilians who had sought refuge in the army camp, who kept shooting until he was killed by his commanding officer. On the two days following the attack, 75 Tamil civilians
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in denouncing the incident. The groups later accused the LTTE for the attack. Since then, no Tamil militant group has admitted to committing the massacre. However, state intelligence discovered that the operation was ordered by the LTTE's leader
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commander Victor (real name
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shrine and gunned down nuns, monks and civilians as they were worshipping inside the
Buddhist shrine. The attackers had massacred 146
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557:"LankaWeb – On Wesak 14 May 1985 Tamil Terrorists killed 146 civilians. On Easter Sunday Islamic Terrorists killed 300 civilians"
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505:"The LTTE attack on Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi marks 28 years"
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689:: South Asian Network on Conflict Research.
482:. Dehiwela: Nivetha Publishers. p. 333.
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664:(PhD). Wageningen University. p. 152.
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166:. He assigned the massacre to the LTTE
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305:Atalia Omer; Jason A. Springs (2013).
247:List of attacks attributed to the LTTE
1860:Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa
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647:. June 28, 1985. pp. 34–35.
412:Richardson, John Martin (2005).
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658:Gassbeek, Timmo (2010).
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1175:Battle of Mullaitivu
1068:Ranasinghe Premadasa
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1828:Major events
1804:Vidattaltivu
1666: /
1649:Eelam War II
1477:in the 1970s
1467:Black Tigers
1137:Eelam War IV
1127:Eelam War II
1063:Rajiv Gandhi
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2139:Pottu Amman
2035:Dick Perera
1992:H. A. Silva
1789:Point Pedro
1774:A-9 highway
1754:Jayasikurui
1749:Vavunathivu
1639:Eelam War I
1415:Home Guards
1286:(1983–2009)
1117:Eelam War I
841:Pottu Amman
340:www.hrw.org
219:Retaliation
92:Attack type
2566:Categories
2529:Quotations
2486:Wikisource
2470:Wiktionary
2362:Casualties
2339:War crimes
1799:Thoppigala
1769:Oddusuddan
1714:Balavegaya
1462:Sea Tigers
1457:Air Tigers
1357:Combatants
1348:Black July
1214:Affiliates
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894:Sea Tigers
831:B. Nadesan
783:Leadership
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626:5 December
562:2023-12-04
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534:Daily News
514:2023-12-04
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345:2017-09-14
258:References
83:1985-05-14
2533:Wikiquote
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2498:Textbooks
2411:Non-state
2406:Terrorism
2372:Massacres
2319:Reactions
2290:Aftermath
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1452:Divisions
1398:Air Force
1374:Sri Lanka
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708:Sri Lanka
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605:"General"
336:"GENERAL"
232:Aftermath
193:Sinhalese
143:Sri Lanka
118:Sinhalese
67:Sri Lanka
2549:Wikinews
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2297:Genocide
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1472:Attacks
1293:Origins
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1548:EPRLF
1538:ENDLF
1492:2000s
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1482:1980s
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159:PLOTE
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1916:Army
1619:TMVP
1614:EPDP
1563:TELO
1553:EROS
1543:ENLF
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