However these murders gained notoriety because, unlike previous attacks, most of the LTTE cadres who took part in it were women.
The LTTE cadres first entered Gonagala village and hacked to death 50 Sinhalese civilians, most of them in their sleep.
[1] The LTTE cadres then moved from the Gonagala settlement to two neighbouring ones, where they killed four more civilians, before making good their exit.
"[2]He survived by hiding under his bed, but 14 other people who stayed at his home on that day were killed by LTTE cadres.
When he returned home in the morning, he found his pregnant wife, two children (ages six and eight), his father, mother, sister and brother-in-law dead.