''The massacre was part of a Tamil Tiger campaign of ethnic cleansing''
For one rural village in Sri Lanka, the scars of the 30-year civil war will not be easily overcome.
On 15 October 1992, the small fishing village of Palliyathidal became the scene of one of the worst massacres suffered by any community during the 30 year Sri Lankan civil war.
In just four hours, eyewitnesses in the village say, some 285 men, women and children, around a third of the population, were killed by a 1,000 strong force of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers.
At the time, the Sri Lankan military stated that at least 160 people were killed by some 150 attackers.
