Residents in Thikkam, Vadamarachchi held a remembrance event this week in memory of their loved ones who were killed by the Sri Lankan army during a military offensive in 1987.
Residents were shot dead and killed by shell fire from May 29 to 31, 1987 as the Sri Lankan military conducted what it described as 'Operation Liberation' to 'liberate' the Vadamarachchi region from the LTTE.
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