[2] The killings took place two days after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a suicide assault on a naval convoy in which 18 sailors died.

[1] Refugees who reached the de facto rebel capital Killinochchi, who spoke through an LTTE translator, alleged harassment by the Sri Lankan Navy and accused it of carrying out the massacre.

[4] The local human rights group University Teachers for Human Rights stated that it had confirmed the involvement of Navy personnel and EPDP members[5] and Amnesty International acknowledged that it had "received credible reports that Sri Lanka Navy personnel and armed cadres affiliated with the [EPDP] ... were present at the scene of the killings".

[2] After the massacre, Anglican Bishop Duleep de Chickera visited Allaipiddy as part of a fact-finding mission to northern Sri Lanka.

[6]Local newspapers have reported that the investigation into the murders has stalled in Kayts District Courts due to lack of cooperation from various involved parties.