This picture clicked in April 2022 and looks very beautiful to the viewers but the boat docked here carries a horrifying scar for Tamils. 37 years ago today, 36 Tamils were massacred by the Sri Lankan navy on this boat.
Passengers traveling from Neduntheevu to Nayinatheevu were interrupted by the Lankan Navy & each passenger was hacked to death, including an infant.
There were eyewitnesses who described this horrifying incident, Amnesty International identified and recorded these accounts of the survivors and wrote a detailed report to the government asking it to take appropriate action against the perpetrators.
This is not an isolated incident of Tamils being killed in the sea while traveling. There are many such events and surviving victims' horror stories are scars we all will forever carry.
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