Kalmunai massacre refers to a series of mass killings that occurred in June 1990 in Kalmunai , a municipality within the Ampara District of Sri Lanka 's Eastern Province . The massacre of civilians was allegedly carried out by the Sri Lankan Army in retaliation for an earlier massacre of Sri Lankan police officers . The University Teachers for Human Rights , a human rights organization , put the number of dead in the second massacre at 250 , while a local Member of Parliament claimed that at least 160 people were killed
an earlier massacre of Sri Lankan police officers
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers
Kalmunai massacre