Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin shekarun 1980 gwamnatin Sri Lanka ta shirya makirci da yawa don kwace ƙasashen Tamils, da kuma daidaita su tare da mutanen Sinhalese. Amma dai an fara kai hare-haren ne a kan kauyukan 'yan Tamil bayan da aka yi wa 'yan ta'addar kisan gilla.
1983 Anti-Tamil pogrom wanda aka kashe 'yan kabilar Tamil sama da 3000 kuma dubban daruruwan sun tilasta tserewa daga tsibirin.