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Arumathurai Thanaluxmi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil girl aged 15 who was gang-raped and killed by the Sri Lankan Army during the Kumarapuram massacre in Trincomalee on 11 February 1996, and who became a cause célèbre of the Sri Lankan civil war because of this.

The incident

Arumathurai Thanaluxmi went to bring her neighbor Moses Vijaya's son Antony Joseph from tuition in Killiveddy and while riding back she was taken to a milk collection centre and gang-raped and murdered by Sri Lankan Army soldiers. Antony Joseph who tried to stop the soldiers was also shot. She was shot dead by Corporal Kumara, one of the eight accused in the massacre.

Government Investigation

On July 27, 2016, an all-Sinhalese jury of the Anuradhapura High Court acquitted the six accused former soldiers.

See also

• Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka
• Ilayathambi Tharsini
• Ida Carmelitta
• Sarathambal
• Krishanti Kumaraswamy

References

1. "Impunity Reigns in Sri Lanka: The Kumarapuram Massacre and Acquittals" (PDF). People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL). March 20, 2017.
2. ^ ""His name is Kamaleswaran"". Groundviews. 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
3. ^ Sri Lanka: Wavering Commitment to Civil Rights Report by Amnesty International, 13 August 1996
4. ^ Asia: Refuge! Ethnicity and nationality. Refugees in Asia, Report by Amnesty International, 30 September 1997.
5. "UA 35/96 Extrajudicial executions / Fear of further killings". www.derechos.org. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

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Origins	Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism Sinhala Only Act 1956 1958 Vaddukoddai Resolution 1977 1981 Burning of Jaffna Library Black July
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Major battles	Kokkilai Vadamarachchi Poomalai Pawan Jaffna University Helidrop Balavegaya 1st Elephant Pass Pooneryn Riviresa 1st Mullaitivu Weli Oya Sath Jaya Vavunathivu Jayasikurui Thandikulam–Omanthai 1st Kilinochchi Oddusuddan A-9 highway 2nd Elephant Pass Bandaranaike Airport attack Point Pedro Jaffna Thoppigala Vidattaltivu 2nd Kilinochchi 2nd Mullaitivu Puthukkudiyirippu
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