1989 valvettithurai massacre remembered on 29th anniversary

The 1989 Valvettithurai massacre was remembered on its 29th anniversary on today August 2 in Valvettithurai of Jaffna.

A commemoration event kicked off in front of Valvai community centre at the Valvettithurai junction.

Families of victims, as well as members of Valvettithurai urban council and politician M.K.Sivajilingam were present. Organizers and family members kept photographs of their beloved ones at the event which commenced at about 1000 Am.

What Wikipedia says about it

(Not to be confused with the 1985 Valvettiturai massacre)

The 1989 Valvettiturai massacre occurred on August 2 and 3, 1989 in the small coastal town of Valvettiturai, on the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka. Approximately 64 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed by soldiers belonging to the Indian Peace Keeping Force. The massacre followed an attack on the soldiers by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. The rebel attack had left six Indian soldiers, including an officer, dead and another 10 injured. Indian authorities claimed that the civilians were caught in crossfire. Journalists such as Rita Sebastian of the Indian Express,^[1] David Husego of the Financial Times and local human rights groups such as the University Teachers for Human Rights have reported quoting eyewitness accounts that it was a massacre of civilians.^[2] George Fernandes, who later served as defense minister of India (1998–2004), called the massacre India’s My Lai.^[3]