Eravur Massacre Memorial

About 40 LTTE cadres, attacked Division Six of Eravur, on the night of August 12 1990 indiscriminately shooting at around 180 people. 120 Muslims were killed including 31 children and 28 women. A memorial arch leading to the Noorussalam Mosque, Eravur, where the dead were buried, was built on October 7th 2003 while a new memorial on the premises of the mosque was opened on October 30th 2016.