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TIL about Black July. On 24 July 1983, anti-Tamil rioting started in the capital Colombo in Sri lanka and spread to other parts of the country. Over 7 days, Sinhalese mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed thousands of Tamil targets. it is generally seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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