The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1977 riots in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka Riots</a>: Targeting the minority <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mw5w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamils" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tamils">Tamils</a>, begin, less than a month after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Party" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.