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Aerial attack near Mullaithivu town kills four civilians and injures eight

Aerial attack near Mullaithivu town center at 5.00pm today, Friday, killed five civilians and injured eight.

The attack was centered on the Mullaithivu bus depot and the Mullaithivu MPCS fuel station both of which were completely destroyed.

The location was just 250 meters from the old Mullaithivu hospital complex to which part of the Mullaithivu hospital that was located at “Mancholai” complex had shifted following recent shelling attacks on the “Mancholai” complex.

Several public amenities were located just 500 meters from the attack location marked 2 and 3 in map. The marked locations and the distance from it to the attack location are:


1.Mullaithivu District Hospital - 250 meters from attack location

2.Bus depot – attack location

3.MPCS fuel station – attack location

4.Medical Officer of Health for Mullaithivu District - 200 meters from attack location

5.Mullaithivu RCTM School - 400 meters from attack location

6.Tsunami temporary settlement – 600 meters from attack location

The victims, most of whom are employees spending overnight at the bus depot, are males since the female employees would have left the place and gone home. All the injured were taken to the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital.


The names of the victims of the attack are:

Killed:

Rantheepan, male
Nisantharuban, male of Kanukkerni, Mulliyavalai
Kajan, male of Visuvamadu
Thaya, male of Ward-3, Mulliyavalai


Injured:

Sivalingam Maheswaran male aged 35 of Mullivaikal
Uthayakumar, male aged 26 (stomach injury-critical condition)
Kathiramalai Thanesh, male aged 32 of Kallaru, Vusivamadhu
Muruhan Rasenthiram, male aged 28 of Kombavil, Puthukkudiyiruppu
R Ranganathan, male aged 40 of Ward-7, Puthukkudiyiruppu
Anthony Kamalanathan of Ward-10 of Puthukkudiyiruppu
M Karunanithi, male aged 40 of Puthukkudiyiruppu
Jeeventhiran, male of Muththaiyankaddu

02 January 2009

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