"Tamil guerillas hacked to death 62 Muslim villagers
in eastern Sri Lanka yesterday, accusing them of being
government informants, the Defence Ministry and an
opposition Muslim leader said. The massacre at Nintavur
came on the eleventh day of war between Tamil
separatists and Sri Lankan forces for control of the
northeast...The Defence Ministry said troops found the
bodies of Muslim men, women and children in Nintavur.
Military officials said rebels used knives to kill the
villagers. Survivors said the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam raided the village early yesterday because
they feared the residents would reveal their jungle
hideaway, according to Mahroof Gani of the Sri Lanka
Muslim Congress an opposition party. He said that the
rebels set fire to a mosque, looted and burnt down
houses and left placards warning Muslims not to work
for the government...." - Associated Press Report in
London Times, 23 June 1990
The military admitted yesterday that its report
that Tamil Tiger separatists had hacked to death 62
Muslim men, women and children was false... They
claimed their earlier report was based on faulty
information from residents. The allegation was reported
by international news agencies and appeared in
newspapers around the world." - AP Report, London
Sunday Times, 24 June 1990.
