1984 Kokkilai massacres (army)

Kokkilai massacre
Location of Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Location	Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Date	15–16 December 1984 (+8 GMT)
Target	Sri Lankan Tamil Civilians
Attack type	Mass murder, mass shooting, settler colonialism
Deaths	131
Injured	Unknown
Perpetrators	Sri Lankan military

1984 Kokkilai massacres refers to a series of massacres of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians when the Sri Lankan military attacked the village of Kokkilai and several neighboring villages in Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The attack left several civilians including women and children dead and their property destroyed. The attacks resulted in widespread displacement of native residents and subsequently their lands were colonized by Sinhala settlers.^[1]