1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers

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A mass murder of Police officers took place on 11 June 1990. Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization, are alleged to have killed over 600^[1] unarmed Sri Lanka Police officers in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Some accounts have estimated the number killed as high as 774.^[2] It was the deadliest terrorist incident in the world at the time until the September 11 attacks occurred in 2001.