The following is a list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed mobs and paramilitary groups (Home Guards, EPDP, PLOTE, TMVP, Ukussa, Black Cats etc.). This list does not contain assassinations which are listed in a separate article.

The Sri Lankan Armed Forces which was almost exclusively made up of Sinhalese^[1][2][3][4] ethnicity during the 30-year-long Sri Lankan Civil War and the two JVP insurrections, has engaged in several counts of violence against civilians including numerous instances of civilian massacres, ethnic cleansing, pogroms, forced disappearances, sexual violence, destruction of property and assassination of civil leaders.^[5] Incidents of torture, extra judicial killings and sexual violence have also persisted in the post war period especially against Tamils and other ethnic and sexual minorities.^[6][7][8][9]

Sri Lanka has also experienced attacks against civilians attributed to non state actors, such as the List of attacks attributed to the LTTE and the List of attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.

Attacks in chronological order

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2015)

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Attack	Date	Location	Death Toll	Injuries, Rapes, and Property Damages	Perpetrators	References
1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots	28 May – 8 August 1915	Nationwide	63 (official)		Police	[10][11][12]
1953 Ceylonese Hartal	12–13 August 1953	Nationwide	10		Government	[13][14]
Killing of civilian suspected to be insurgents and JVP activists during the suppression of the 1st JVP insurrection	1971	Nationwide	20,000+ (estimated) 1,200 (official)		Government	[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Murder of Premawathie Manamperi	17 April 1971	Kataragama	1		Army	[21]
Tamil conference incident	10 January 1974	Jaffna	8		Police	[22][23][24]
Puttalam massacre	2 February 1976	Puttalam	6-7		Police	[22][25][26][27]
1977 anti-Tamil pogrom	August 1977	Nationwide	300		Government	[13]
Murder of Iyathurai Indrarajah	20 July 1979	Jaffna	1		Sri Lankan Police	[28]
Burning of Jaffna Public Library	1 June 1981	Jaffna		Library burned containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts	Government, Sri Lankan Police	[29]
1981 anti-Tamil pogrom	June 1981-August 1981	Nationwide	25		Government	[30]
Shooting of two cyclists in Jaffna	15 October 1981	Jaffna	2		Army	[31]
Murder of two youths near Madhu	15 October 1981	Periyathambanai, Madhu, Mannar	2		Army	[32]
Murder of Navaratnarajah	10 April 1983	Gurunagar, Jaffna	1		Army	[33][34]
Kantharmadam Army arson attack	18 May 1983	Kantharmadam, Jaffna		64 houses, 3 mini buses, 9 cars, 3 motorcycles and 36 bikes set on fire and destroyed. Civilians assaulted.	Army	[35]
Arson attacks in Vavuniya	1 June 1983	Vavuniya		crops, huts, buildings and vehicles destroyed and burned in Gandhiyam farm at Kovilkulam; market, shops and vehicles burned and civilians assaulted; property damage over Rs. 3 million	Sri Lanka Armed Forces	[36]
Attack on Tamil passengers on the Jaffna-Colombo train	5 June 1983	Vavuniya		Civilians assaulted.	Air Force	[37]
Attacks on Tamils in Trincomalee	3-30 June 1983	Trincomalee	19	100+ injured, 214 houses bombed and burnt, 21 shops destroyed, 8 Hindu temples burnt	Armed Forces	[38][37][39]
1983 anti-Tamil pogrom	May 1983-July 1983	Nationwide	3,000		Army, Government	[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Thirunelveli massacre	24 July 1983	Thirunelveli, Jaffna	60+		Army	[50]
Sampalthoddam massacre	January 1984	Sampalthoddam, Vavuniya	55-70		Army	According to pro-rebel NESOHR[51]
Chunnakam Police station massacre	8 January 1984	Chunnakam, Jaffna	19-20		Sri Lankan Police	[52] According to pro-rebel NESOHR[53]
Chunnakam market massacre	28 March 1984	Chunnakam, Jaffna	10		Air Force	[54][55][56]
Spring 1984 Jaffna massacres	28 March 1984-May 1984	Various places in Jaffna	250		Army	[57][58][59][60]
1984 Valvettithurai massacre	6-8 August 1984	Valvettithurai, Jaffna	50		Army	[61]
Jaffna bus stand shooting	8 August 1984	Jaffna		8 injured	Army	[62]
Jaffna Main Street taxi driver killing	11 August 1984	Jaffna	1		Army	[63]
1984 Vavuniya massacre	13 August 1984	Vavuniya	6+		Army	[64]
August 1984 Mannar massacre	13 August 1984	Mannar	90		Army	[65]
Murders of Kandasamy Pathar Pirapaharan and Sivasubramaniam	13 August 1984	Elephant Pass, Jaffna	2		Army	[33]
Kaithady massacre	14 August 1984	Kaithady, Jaffna	9	25 injured	Army	[66]
Army attack on Valvettithurai	9-14 August 1984	Valvettithurai, Jaffna		171 houses destroyed, 100 small businesses destroyed, 59 mechanised fishing boats destroyed, 4 cars destroyed, Fishing nets worth £39,000 confiscated	Army	[67]
Murder of mental patient Thamotherampillai (45)	25 August 1984	Point Pedro, Jaffna	1		Army	[68]
Four houses set ablaze in Achchuvely	26 August 1984	Achchuvely, Jaffna		Four houses set ablaze	Army	[69]
1984 Point Pedro massacre	2 September 1984	Point Pedro, Jaffna	18	many injured and hospitalized, Hartley College Library burned, many shops and houses burned, hundreds displaced	STF, Army	[70][71][72]
Mallavi junction massacre	6 September 1984	Mallavi, Mullaitivu	5		Army	[73]
Colombo-Jaffna coach massacre	11 September 1984	Mathawachchi	17	2 women raped	Army	[52]
Murders of Ponniah (43) and Selladurai Karunaharan (24)	11 September 1984	Mulliyavallai	2		Army	[74]
Killing of pregnant woman Kalavathy Thangathurai (19)	16 September 1984	Karanavai, Jaffna	1	1 injured	Army	[52]
Shooting of mill owner Sabanathan	3 October 1984	Vavuniya		Gunshot injuries to face	Army	[75]
Murder of Allaipiddy fisherman	8 October 1984	Allaipiddy, Jaffna	1		Navy	[75]
Murder of two Tamil youths on Palaly Road	28 October 1984	Kantharmadam, Jaffna	2		Army	[76]
Murder of two Tamil youths in Urumpirai	28 October 1984	Urumpirai, Jaffna	2		Army	[77]
Murder of three Tamil youth in Tellipalai	29 October 1984	Tellipalai, Jaffna	3		Army	[76]
Jaffna-Colombo train shootings	1 November 1984	Meesalai, Punkankulam, Jaffna	2		Army	[76][78]
Urelu attack	1 November 1984	Urelu, Jaffna	4	several houses looted and burnt	Army	[78]
Urumpirai murders	1 November 1984	Urumpirai, Jaffna	2		Army	[78]
Jaffna grand bazaar massacre	1 November 1984	Jaffna	9		Army	[79]
Jaffna army rampage	2 November 1984	Jaffna	8	60 houses burnt and looted	Army	[76]
Vallalai attack	2 November 1984	Vallalai, Jaffna	1	homes looted, 36+ homes destroyed, 500 rendered homeless	Army	[78]
Urumpirai killings	2 November 1984	Urumpirai, Jaffna	50	50 killed or seriously injured	Army	[76]
Shooting of Aziz Amjad (17) and Abdul Cafoor (16)	2 November 1984	Jaffna	2		Army	[76][78]
Shooting of 3 Tamil youths in Urumpirai	6 November 1984	Urumpirai, Jaffna	3		Army	[76][78]
Mullaitivu massacre	6 November 1984	Mullaitivu	8		Army	[76][78]
Jaffna town massacre	9 November 1984	Jaffna	10		Army	[76]
Kasturiar Road/Power House road junction massacre	10 November 1984	Jaffna	5	35 injured	Army	[80]
Acid thrown into face of student S.Selvarani (24)	12 November 1984	Thinnaiveli, Jaffna			Army	[81]
Two houses burnt in Kilinochchi	12 November 1984	Kilinochchi			Army	[81]
Acid attack on two students from Vembadi girls school	13 November 1984	Jaffna			Army	[81]
3 Tamil youth killed in Kilinochchi	13 November 1984	Kilinochchi	3		Army	[81]
Jaffna-Colombo train shooting of Tamil civilians	15 November 1984	Meesalai, Jaffna	several killed		Army	[81]
Gang rape and murder of Kumari Theresa Augustine	15 November 1984	Puloly East, Jaffna	1		Army	[81]
Kopay massacre	18 November 1984	Kopay, Jaffna	6		Army	[81]
Army rampage at Tellipalai	19 November 1984	Tellipalai, Jaffna		Houses looted and razed, two lorries set on fire, over 1000 people made refugees	Army	[82]
Army rampage at Chavakachcheri	20 November 1984	Chavakachcheri, Jaffna	4	houses looted	Army	[82]
Murder of two Tamil engineers in Anuradhapura	20 November 1984	Anuradhapura	2		Army	[82]
Destruction of Kodikamam new market	23 November 1984	Kodikamam, Jaffna		Destruction of Kodikamam new market building	Army	[82]
Killing of 4 Tamil civilians including a 7 year old boy	24 November 1984	Jaffna	4		Army	[82]
Killing of 3 fishermen in Vaharai	24 November 1984	Vaharai, Batticaloa	3		Army	[82]
December 1984 massacres of Tamils	December 1984	Several places in Northern and Eastern provinces	1,200+		Armed Forces	[83]
Nedunkerny massacre	1 December 1984	Nedunkerny, Vavuniya	200+		Army	[84]
Othiyamalai massacre	2 December 1984	Othiyamalai, Mullaitivu	32		Army	[85][86][87][88]
Semamadu massacre	2 December 1984	Semamadu, Vavuniya	29		Army	[89][90]
Cheddikulam massacre	2 December 1984	Cheddikulam, Vavuniya	64		Army	[91][92]
Kumulamunai massacre	2 December 1984	Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu	7		Army	According to pro-rebel NESOHR[93]
Vavuniya army camp massacre	2 December 1984	Iratperiyakulam, Vavuniya	100+		Army	[94][95]
Thennamarawadi massacre	2-4 December 1984	Thennamarawadi, Mullaitivu	26		Army	[96]
Manal Aru massacre	3 December 1984	Manal Aru, Mullaitivu	100+		Army	According to pro-rebel NESOHR[97]
Amaravayal massacre	3-4 December 1984	Amarivayal, Mullaitivu	30-50		Army	[96]
Othiyamalai massacre	3 December 1984	Vavuniya	40		Army	[98]
Mannar massacre	4 December 1984	Murunkan, Mannar	200+		Army	[99][100][101][102][103][104][105]