June

On June 18, 13 Tamil civilians were abducted by the army from the roads of Veeramunai and made to disappear.^[1]

On June 20, the Sri Lanka Army gathered the residents of Veeramunai village and instructed them to assemble at the Veeramunai Pillaiyar temple. Those who stayed at home were shot and killed. Later that day, the military descended upon the temple in large numbers. Over 1,000 villagers had gathered at the temple following the army's orders. The military singled out every male over the age of 15 among them. 69 young men, all of them civilians, were detained right before their families' eyes. The abducted men were transported to the Sammanthurai Marjan Muslim School, where they endured torture. 50 of them lost their lives, and their bodies were disposed of in a nearby forest.^[4]

On June 29, the army took a further 56 boys from the Veeramunai temple with the assistance of Muslim home guards. All of the boys subsequently disappeared.^[1] In the aftermath of these two incidents, those displaced from the temple sought refuge at the Karaitivu Maha Vidyalayam School.^[4]

July

On July 3, the military once again rounded up individuals from this school, this time taking 11 young men, who also disappeared.^[4]

On July 4, the military once again rounded up individuals from the refugee camp.^[1]

On July 5, a further 13 men were abducted by the military, subjected to torture, and subsequently killed, their bodies set ablaze with tires. Attempts by people to locate and inquire about the fate of the arrested individuals were met with military attacks. Consequently, these displaced individuals moved once again, seeking refuge at a camp near Veeramunai.^[4]

On July 8, an army officer delivered a speech to the refugees telling them that they had finished off the JVP with burning tires, and that they would do it again. He also said that there were no longer any males left living between the ages of 15–50 in Mankulam and another village. He then proceeded to pick up young boys from the camp, most of them sickly and scrawny looking.^[1]

On July 10, the military abducted another 15 young men from the refugee camp. These men were transported to a military camp, where they faced torture, followed by execution, with their bodies burned afterwards.^[4]

On July 11, 13 women visited Savalakkadai to search for their disappeared children. The army stationed there took the women and they also disappeared.^[1]

On July 16, eight women who had ventured from the refugee camp to check on their homes were arrested at the Malwattai checkpoint. They were gang raped by more than 30 Sri Lanka Army soldiers after which they were killed and their bodies set on fire.^[4]

On July 26, the military once again arrested 32 young men, including 23 schoolchildren. All of them disappeared.^[4]

On July 29, eight school teachers who were traveling with their families from the Veeramunai refugee camp were also arrested, and they too disappeared.^[4]

August

On August 1, 18 civilians, including four women and a baby, were arrested by the military and home guards while passing through the Savalakkadai road. They were killed by sharp weapons, and their bodies were disposed of inside the Savalakkadai temple and set ablaze.^[4]

On August 12, following the knifing and serious injuring of two Muslim farmers by the LTTE in Veerachcholai, Muslim anger was stirred. Muslim home guards entered the Veeramunai refugee camp and launched an attack on its residents with knives and guns. This resulted in the deaths of at least ten civilians, including the temple manager Thambimuthu Sinnathurai and two infants. One child's corpse was cut into three pieces. Many others were injured in this attack. Those injured were initially denied treatment at the Sammanthurai hospital by a Muslim crowd and a child subsequently died due to it being refused water. The injured eventually had to be transported to the Ampara hospital. However, the military arrived at the hospital and abducted three of the seven victims who were admitted. In particular, one Muslim soldier called Lateef terrorised the Tamil patients and caused several to disappear. He disconnect the saline drip to one injured boy, Kanthakuddy (17), who subsequently died.^[1] The remaining four patients managed to escape back to Veeramunai.^[4]