 The Palliyagodella massacre is an incident in October 1991 in which LTTE cadres massacred 109 Muslim men, women and children in Palliyagodella.Female LTTE cadres and child soldiers were accused of being involved in this attack.The background to this massacre was seen as a retaliation by the LTTE against Muslims living in the Eastern region of Sri Lanka, allegedly for their roles as Home Guards.The Palliyagodella villagers had asked the Sri Lankan military, fearing an attack by the LTTE.