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Indian police officer with a lathi stick. The lathi (in Hindi / Nepali : लाठी, Tamil : லத்தி, Bengali : লাঠি, Urdu : لاٹھی, Sinhalese : ලති) is a bamboo stick used by the police in India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Nepal and Sri Lanka .
Vavuniya District's population was 171,511 in 2012. [2] The population of the district is mostly Sri Lankan Tamil. The population of the district, like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [10]
Vavuniya shooting spree and arson attacks: 10 August 1985: Vavuniya: 10: Police, Sri Lanka Armed Forces [117] 1985 Vavuniya massacre: 16 August 1985: Vavuniya: 200 + Army [118] Vayaloor massacre: 24 August 1985: Vayaloor, Kilinochchi: 40: Army [87] Murugapuri massacre: 8 September 1985 Murugapuri Trincomalee: 3: Army, Home Guards [119 ...
Location of Sri Lanka. The Massacre at Thandikulam is a disputed event which occurred during Sri Lankan Civil War. It took place on 19 November 2006 when suspected LTTE carders exploded an Improvised explosive device (an IED) targeting a military truck killing five Sri Lanka Army soldiers. Five students of the Thandikulam Agriculture Farm ...
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The Vanni, also spelled Wanni, is the name given to the mainland area of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It covers the entirety of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts, and most of Kilinochchi District. It has an area of approximately 7,650 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi).
The 2008 Sri Lanka Vavuniya bombing was a bombing on a police station that killed 12 members of police and injured 40 including children in the town of Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka on June 16, 2008.
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