Black July: 37 Tamil Prisoners Massacred at Welikada Prison, July 25, 1983
Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
Date: July 25, 1983
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