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Black July
In 1983 violence erupted between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Tamils were killed in the mob attacks in Colombo.
In 1983 violence erupted between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. Hundreds, possibly thousands of Tamils were killed in the capital Colombo. The violence ended after a few days, but the killings had sparked off a civil war which would last for more than quarter of a century.
(Photo: The aftermath of the violence in a street in Colombo. Credit: Associated Press)
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