Notable international jurist Neelan Thiruchelvam , in a speech at the ICES-Colombo , indicated that the appropriate investigations into massacres and disappearances of civilians including many children in the Sathurukondan , Eastern University , Mylanthanai and the mass murder and burial of school children at Sooriyakanda were hampered by the adoption of emergency regulations which contributed to a climate of impunity . Along roadsides in the north and east , burning bodies became a common sight . Throughout the country , government death squads hunted down , kidnapped or killed Sinhalese or Tamil youth suspected of sympathizing with the JVP or the LTTE , respectively . In October 1990 the LTTE expelled all the Muslims residing in Northern province . A total of 72,000 Muslims were forced to leave their homes , taking nothing but the clothes on their backs
Mylanthanai
Mylanthanai massacre
Sri Lankan Civil War