Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Zagaye na farko na tashin hankali na farar hula ya ɓarke a 1983 lokacin da aka kashe sojoji 13 na Sojojin Sri Lanka, wanda ya haifar da rikice-rikice na Tamil - Black July
rikicin da aka kashe kimanin 'yan Tamil 3000. Rikicin kawai ya taimaka wajen lalata dangantakar kabilanci. Bangarorin masu gwagwarmaya, gami da LTTE, a wannan lokacin sun tattara mutane da yawa kuma sun ci gaba da gina kan bambancin ra'ayi na Tamil da kuma ƙara yakin basasa. A watan Mayu na shekarar 1985, 'yan bindiga sun yi karfi sosai don kaddamar da hari a kan Anuradhapura, suna kai hari kan Bodhi Tree shrine - wani wuri mai tsarki ga Buddha Sinhalese - wanda ya biyo bayan tashin hankali a cikin garin. Akalla fararen hula 150 ne suka mutu a harin da aka kai na tsawon sa'a daya.