A dispute surrounding a three-acre plot of land granted for expansion of the Faisal Nagar School becomes a source of violent conflict between Tamil and Muslim communities in Kinniya. The plot had been occupied by a group of Tamil villagers claiming that they were resettling following displacement. A local Hindu Temple had supposedly donated the land, but legal ownership of the property was with the state. Some Muslims had also cultivated on part of the land. Families from both communities were displaced by the violence. The LTTE was accused of supporting attempts by Tamils to settle on this land.
Source
Tiger Manipulation of Tamil-Muslim Relations and the Creeping Siege of Kinniya and Mutur, University Teachers For Human Rights (Jaffna), Information Bulletin No. 34, 21 December 2003.
