Kattankudy mosque massacre
| Kattankudy Mosque Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
| Location | Kattankudy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka |
| Date | 3 August 1990 7:30pm (+6 GMT) |
| Target | Sri Lankan Moors |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
| Weapons | Automatics rifles, hand grenades |
| Deaths | 147 |
| Perpetrators | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
The Kattankudy Mosque Massacre was the killing of over 147 Muslim men and boys on 3 August, 1990. Around 30 armed Tamil militants raided two mosques in Kattankudy (Meer Jummah Mosque, Kattankudy-01 & Hussainiyya Mosque, Manchanthoduwai) where over 300 people were prostrating in Isha prayers. The Sri Lankan government, survivors, and observers accuse the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of committing the crime. The LTTE denied involvement and never retracted the denial.