This culminated in the infamous Kattankudy mosque massacre in August 1990 by the LTTE.[513] Following these massacres, thousands of Muslims fled Tamil-majority areas of the Eastern Province and resettled in Muslim-majority areas.[514] The 1990 expulsion of Muslims from Sri Lanka was an act of ethnic cleansing[515][516] carried out by Tamils of the LTTE organization in October 1990. In order to achieve their goal of creating a mono ethnic Tamil state[517][518] in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, the LTTE forcibly expelled the 75,000 strong Muslim population.[519] The first expulsion in Chavakacheri, was of 1,500 people.