Edited sentence: In 1983 in a series of events that lead to July being described as  "Black July" Sri Lankan government sponsored Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna thugs to wipe out the Tamil population.In 2006 17 aid workers from France were shot dead in an execution like attack by the Sri Lankan army.Sixy-one school children were killed during attacks by the air force of Sinhalese government.The Sinhalese government showing in their media throughout Sri lanka that these were done by the LTTE.The Sri lankan government also sponsors paramilitaries such as Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna,Colonel Karuna group to wipe out the tamil population including Muslim Tamils, Christian Tamils from the Sri Lanka and it uses the media to state the news that LTTE resposible for all these attacks.Ways they used to wipe out the the civilian population included rape, burning them alive,stabbing etc