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2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers

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2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers

The 2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, also known as the Muttur massacre, took place on August 4 or 5, 2006, when 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) were shot at close range in the city of Muttur, Sri Lanka, close to Trincomalee.[2] The victims included sixteen minority Sri Lankan Tamils and one Sri Lankan Muslim.[3]

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