were shot
...that on January 27, 1987 83 workers of a shrimp farm in Kokkadichcholai, Sri Lanka were shot, allegedly by Special Task Force officers?
...that on <a href="./January_27" id="mwA_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="January 27">January 27</a>, <a href="./1987" id="mwA_E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1987">1987</a> 83 workers of a <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Shrimp_farm" id="mwA_I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shrimp farm">shrimp farm</a> in Kokkadichcholai, <a href="./Sri_Lanka" id="mwA_M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> <b id="mwA_Q"><a href="./Prawn_farm_massacre" id="mwA_U" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prawn farm massacre">were shot</a></b>, allegedly by <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Special_Task_Force" id="mwA_Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special Task Force">Special Task Force</a> officers?