Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kashe Kuttimani a lokacin da aka kashe shi
1983 anti-Tamil pogrom a cikin tsibirin. Gungun 'yan Sinhalese da kuma ma'aikatan da ke cikin sojojin Sri Lanka sun yi tawaye a yankunan Tamil, suna azabtarwa da kashe maza da yara na Tamil, fyade, azabtarwa da kashe mata da' yan mata na Tamil, da fashi da kone gidajen Tamil da kasuwanni. 'Yan sanda da sojoji (waɗanda kusan' yan Sinhalese ne kawai) ko dai sun shiga cikin wannan tashin hankali game da 'yan Tamil ko kuma sun rufe ido.