Chunnakam Police station massacre
28 March 1984
On 28.03.1984, Sri Lankan military arrived tanks and jeeps at the Chunnakam market and the bus stop and started opening fire at the people crowded in these two places. Eight civilians were killed and about 50 were injured. The military set fire to the market and many shops were burnt down.
Chunnakam is in the Uduvil Assistant Government Agent Division in the Jaffna district. Ten Kms from Jaffna town on the KKS road, traveling towards Kankesanthurai there is the Chunnakam junction. The Chunnakam Police station was located 250 metres south from this junction. Many young men arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act without any evidence against them were kept in remand in the Chunnakam Police Station. On 08.01.1984, during the period when Tamil militant attacks on the Sri Lankan military started to spread, the Police placed a time bomb in the room where the young men were kept and left the building. When the bomb exploded all 19 young men inside were killed. Sanjeevan who went in to safe the young men was also killed.
22 November 2006
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