
Mulliyavalai residents – new victims of SLA shelling
Mullaivalai in the Mullaithivu district is the latest target of the SLA tactic of deliberate shelling into civilian areas to force them to displace.
On 6 December at 3.30pm, artillery fire hit the Mulliavalai Vidhyananda College, one of the larger schools in Mullaithivu with an enrollment in excess of 1000 students. The largest building in the school sustained damages and three more houses next to it were also totally destroyed. The school is in end of year recess and thus there were no one at the school. The school was to be major center for the GCE OL examination that started today but was shifted due to the shelling. Three civilians in the neighborhood were reported to have sustained some injuries due to the 6 December shelling. Again on 7 December at 8.45am, artillery fire hit the main market in Mulliavalai. One man, Chandrasekaram Selvathevan aged 32 was seruisly injured and admitted to Mullaithivu hospital.
08 December 2008
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