Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- On August 3, 1990, one of the grimmest nights in Sri Lanka's protracted ethnic strife, the Kattankudy Mosque in the Eastern Province became the site of unspeakable horror. As dusk settled and devout Muslim men assembled for Isha (night) prayers, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) stormed the mosque. What followed was a calculated massacre: over 147 worshippers - fathers, sons, elders, and children - were mercilessly slaughtered inside their place of sanctuary. The world was left to grasp the enormity of an act that remains among the most monstrous assaults on Sri Lanka's Muslim community.

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