Prawn farm massacre

1987 CE.

Shown on the map at 7.617°, 81.717°.

The Prawn farm massacre, also known as the 1987 Kokkadichcholai massacre, took place on 27 January 1987 in the village of Kokkadichcholai, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. At least 83 Tamil civilians were killed. The Special Task Force, an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police specializing in counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations, was accused of having perpetrated the massacre. Asian Agricultural Products Limited (AAPL), the Hong Kong based part-owner of the farm, filed for arbitration by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an arm of the World Bank, against the government of Sri Lanka; AAPL prevailed in the arbitration, eventually received payment and families of the victims were paid some monetary compensation.

Text from the Wikipedia article Prawn farm massacre, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Everything else in 1987 CE

HistoryLayer draws the world as it was in any year from 123,000 BCE to 2026. Move the slider and the borders redraw for that year; the map carries 23,890 events, 12,790 people, 837 wars and 13,183 cities, each one readable in place. Signing in is optional and lets you keep what you find.

HistoryLayer
1914CE
World Wars
123,000 BCE2026 CE
54 stops — one per surviving map on file, evenly spaced drag the pin · ←→ steps one stop the same 54 stops by true elapsed time ↑
Map & filters
Show on the map
Filter
Colour by
Polity Empire