SRI LANKA MASSACRE

Background info.

• The Sri Lankan Massacre
• was the killing of over
• 600 unarmed police officers
• by a terrorist organization
• called Liberation Tigers of

CONTInUED

• Liberation Tigers of
• Tamil Eelam or LTTE for
• short.

Between Who?

• This incident was
• between the people of
• Sri Lanka and the LTTE

Results

• This resulted in the start
• of the the Eelam war and
• the LTTE taking control of
• more land.