Mullivaikkal massacre

Mullivaikkal massacre in 2009, also called War without Witness, refers to the slaughter of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils in the Final or Closing Stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War ending in May 2009 in a tiny strip of land in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka designated as a no fire zone by the Sri Lankan Government in which over 40,000 Tamils were killed.

During the battle Government heavily shelled the area while the LTTE shot escaping Tamil civilians.