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Kokkuthoduvai or Kokkuththoduvai (pronounced Kokkuth-thodu-vai) is a Town in the Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. Some say it translates to 'a-place-where-you-can-touch-the-Egret'. It is located about 30 km South-east of the District capital Mullaitivu. It is a coastal town, located next to Kokkilai lagoon.
Despite repeated requests for funding to complete the excavation work of the Kokkuthoduvai mass grave and following the postponement of two hearings over the lack of progress, the Sri Lankan government has finally said that the costs quoted for the excavation and research are too high, causing further delays to the protracted case.
Kokkuthodavai mass grave is the mass burial of Tamil people suspected to have been killed extrajudicially during the Final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War . It was discovered in Kokkuthodavai, Mullaitivu District while National Water Supply and Drainage Board dug for laying water pipes.
The seventh day of excavation at the Kokkuthoduvai mass grave, carried out on September 13th, continued to yield crucial evidence in this ongoing investigation further deepening the complexity of the case.
Kokkuthoduvai is a village in Northern Province, Sri Lanka and has about 7,000 residents. Kokkuthoduvai is situated nearby to the villages Karunaaddukerni and Mankindimalai. Map.
The discovery of the Kokkuthoduvai mass grave on June 29th by workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board while replacing pipes in the area. What followed were a series of developments and delays in the investigation.
Feb 23, 2024 · Forensic archaeologists believe the bodies exhumed from the Kokkuthoduvai mass grave in Sri Lanka’s war-torn Vanni region to have been unceremoniously buried between 1994 and 1996. This detail was provided to the Mullaitivu District Court today (22) by a committee headed by eminent forensic arc...
