The LTTE threw grenades into mosques killing around 40 people and slaughtered another more with machetes and guns. Forty-five children were among the victims as were pregnant women and their unborn babies.
The LTTE hurled grenades into mosques, resulting in the deaths of approximately 40 individuals and an additional 45 children, as well as pregnant women and their unborn babies, who were brutally slaughtered with machetes and firearms.