2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers
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2006 Trincomalee Massacre of NGO Workers | |
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Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
Location | Muttur, Sri Lanka |
Date | 4 August 2006 |
Target | Sri Lankan Tamil employees of Action Against Hunger |
Attack type | Armed massacre |
Weapons | Automatic rifles |
Deaths | 17 |
Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Army [1][2] |
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The 2006 Trincomalee Massacre of NGO Workers, also known as the Muttur Massacre,[3] took place on 4 or 5 August 2006, when 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) were shot at close range in the city of Muttur, Sri Lanka, close to Trincomalee.[4] The victims included sixteen minority Sri Lankan Tamils and one Sri Lankan Muslim.[5][6]