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July 1983 in retrospect:

Ten days that shamed Sri Lanka

Extracted from the Report of The Presidential Truth Commission on Ethnic Violence (1981-1984)

On the night of 23rd July, around 11.30 p.m. 13 soldiers on a routine patrolling in the North, travelling in a jeep and a truck came under terrorists' attack and all 13 soldiers were killed. This was at this time the largest number of army men killed so far in any incident in the North. News of the killing spread instantly on Sunday in the country. Unknown and unannounced, the army in Thinnavely retaliated, killing on Sunday nearly 10 civilians.
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