Mass Grave, Matale

154 skeletons were recovered from a mass grave in Matale during earth excavations to construct a new building at the Matale hospital, in November 2012. Signs of torture undergone by the skeletons led a forensic archaeologist to surmise that they were the remains of people who had been ‘disappeared’ during the second JVP uprising from 1987-1993. The government is currently awaiting more accurate dating via carbon fourteen tests being carried out in the USA.