Villagers in Mullaitivu marked 31 years since the massacre of 32 young Tamils by the Sri Lankan Army in Othiyamalai.
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| Photograph: Tamilwin.com |
On the 2nd December 1984, men in the village of Othiyamalai, Mullaitivu were rounded up by the Sri Lankan Army, dragged to the village community centre and stripped naked and tied up by their clothes.
27 of the men were shot and killed on the spot. A further 5 were arrested, and are believed by their relatives to have been murdered at a later date.
The massacre victims were remembered on Wednesday with a service in the village temple, with prayers and a commemorative flame being lit.
A monument built in memory of the victims of Othiyamalai is reported to have been destroyed in the final stages of the war.