Black July | |
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Part of riots in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
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Location | Sri Lanka |
Date | 24 July 1983UTC+6) | – 30 July 1983 (
Attack type | Pogrom, ethnic cleansing, Mass murder |
Deaths | 5,638 and 466 disappeared permanently (acc. to TCHR) [1] |
Injured | 2,015 and 670 raped (acc. to TCHR) [1] |
Victims | Tamil civilians |
Perpetrators | Sinhalese mobs, Sri Lankan government, UNP; Sri Lanka Armed Forces and Sri Lanka Police |
No. of participants | Thousands |
Motive | Anti-Tamil racism, pro-Sinhalese sentiment |
Black July (Tamil: கறுப்பு யூலை, romanized: Kaṟuppu Yūlai; Sinhala: කළු ජූලිය, romanized: Kalu Juliya) was a violent disturbance of peace, or pogrom against Tamil people. This took place in Sri Lanka in July 1983. The pogrom was planned. The plan happened when 13 soldiers from the Sri Lankan Army died by an Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attack on them.[2] It was planned by the UNP party but turned in large violence with many people joining the pogrom.[3][4][5][6]
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