page_title: Kumudini boat massacre
section_title: Casualties
hierarchical_section_title: Kumudini boat massacre / Casualties
caption_attribution_description: English: Kumuthini boat massacre memorial in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
context_page_description: The Kumudini or Kumuthini boat massacre happened on 15 May 1985 when at least 23 minority Sri Lankan Tamil men, women and children on a ferry boat named Kumudini sailing from the island of Delft to the island of Nainathievu were killed by Sri Lankan Navy personnel.
  According to eyewitness accounts six men believed to be from the Sri Lanka navy, dressed in T-shirts and blue longs and some in shorts, boarded the ferry boat. One by one the passengers were called to the aft section of the boat and told to shout their name, age, address and the destination of their journey. Then they were hacked to death.
context_section_description: Although various estimates put the death toll anywhere from 36 to 48, Amnesty International has names of only 23 persons killed in this incident.
caption: Memorial to the murdered victims
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