Qualla: Polonnaruwa Massacre: A Day of Retribution That Consumed the Innocent https://qualla.com/polonnaruwa-massacre en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Polonnaruwa Massacre: A Day of Retribution That Consumed the Innocent https://qualla.com/polonnaruwa-massacre Polonnaruwa Massacre: A Day of Retribution That Consumed the Innocent: Introduction https://qualla.com/polonnaruwa-massacre/ S. Babie was one year old. The name appears on a list of fifty victims identified at the Tamil village of Muthugal, in eastern Polonnaruwa District. Beside each name is an age, when known: one, three, three, four, four, seven, eight. The list continues. On April 29, 1992, violence moved through four villages in a single day, killing 157 people. It began with an LTTE attack on Muslim civilians and ended with government security forces massacring Tamil civilians in what was framed as retaliation. The dead on both sides were overwhelmingly women, children, and the elderly - people who had nothing to do with the war except the misfortune of living where it was fought.

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/c/3/t/polonnaruwa-massacre-wp/tc3t-polonnaruwa-massacre-a-day-of-retribution-that-con-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Polonnaruwa Massacre: A Day of Retribution That Consumed the Innocent: Before Dawn at Alanchipothana https://qualla.com/polonnaruwa-massacre/ At approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 29, 1992, between thirty and forty Tamil Tiger fighters attacked the Muslim village of Alanchipothana. Their first target was a police post on the outskirts, manned by twenty-six policemen, twelve Home Guards, and thirty-five volunteers. Most ...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/c/3/t/polonnaruwa-massacre-wp/tc3t-polonnaruwa-massacre-a-day-of-retribution-that-con-before-dawn-at-alanchipothana.mp3 0:06 2 full Polonnaruwa Massacre: A Day of Retribution That Consumed the Innocent: The Killing Spreads https://qualla.com/polonnaruwa-massacre/ By 6 a.m., Home Guards and policemen who had survived the Alanchipothana attack reached the police post at Karapola, a Tamil village. They informed the officers there of what had happened. What followed was not defense or pursuit of the LTTE fighters - it was collective punishmen...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/c/3/t/polonnaruwa-massacre-wp/tc3t-polonnaruwa-massacre-a-day-of-retribution-that-con-the-killing-spreads.mp3 0:06 3 full Polonnaruwa Massacre: A Day of Retribution That Consumed the Innocent: The Names on the List https://qualla.com/polonnaruwa-massacre/ What makes the Polonnaruwa massacre records so harrowing is the specificity. The victims were not anonymous - they were documented, named, aged. At Muthugal: T. Geetha, 14. K. Kanaganathan, 4. S. Mangayarkarasi, 2. T. Regan, 3. At Karapola: Janakie, 8. Subakar, 7. Sudharshan, 7. ...

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