Sri Lanka massacres stir painful memories, 40 years on Alishba Saghir Article Updated: July 27, 2023 Leave a comment Share on FacebookTweet this! Known in Sri Lanka as “Black July”, a period of ethnic violence which broke out in the country forty years ago went on to trigger a 26-year conflict that killed around 100,000 people. Post Views: 943 leave a reply Cancel reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. submit More Articles By the same author Airlines grapple with rise in turbulent passengers Alishba Saghir Jul 16, 2023 An unruly passenger who took out a knife forced the diversion of a Bangladeshi airliner in 2008 Viral… Summer heatwave forces Spanish grape pickers to harvest at night Alishba Saghir Jul 20, 2023 UN Command says in ‘conversation’ with N. Korea over US soldier Alishba Saghir Jul 24, 2023 This handout photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows US soldier Travis King (4th L, black shirt) attending… ‘Barbie’ trounces ‘Oppenheimer’ at N.American box offices in ‘historic’ weekend Alishba Saghir Jul 23, 2023 Barbie cosplayers pose outside the convention center during San Diego Comic-Con International in San… Australia retain Ashes after fourth Test washout Alishba Saghir Jul 23, 2023 Washout - England's bid to force a series-levelling win in the fourth Ashes Test against Australia was… French fireman dies putting out blaze during riots, says interior minister Alishba Saghir Jul 3, 2023 A French fireman died while seeking to douse burning cars north of Paris, during a sixth consecutive… EU’s support for Kyiv’s membership ‘unequivocal’: Sanchez Alishba Saghir Jul 1, 2023 Ukraine has made 'significant progress' towards its EU membership bid, Spain's Pedro Sanchez in Kyiv… Last remaining French D-day veteran dies at 100 Alishba Saghir Jul 3, 2023 Leon Gautier in 2014 on the Sword beach in Normandy where he landed The last surviving Frenchman to… Plea for help as hunger stalks war-devastated Khartoum Alishba Saghir Jul 23, 2023 Smoke billows from Khartoum's battle-scarred sister city of Omdurman In a war-devastated district…