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SLA artillery fire continues to kill and maim IDPs in Vanni

An eleven month old baby, three women and two men were killed. A further 27 IDPs, including eight children and ten women were injured and are receiving treatment at Tharmapuram hospital.

The second artillery attack in Tharmapuram is the current focal point of the Vanni IDP population, with the displaced Kilinochchi District Secretariat also located there. The displaced Kilinochchi District Hospital too is in Tharmapuram and the afternoon artillery attack was less than 100 meters from it. The fear, havoc and carnage caused by this attack were therefore immense.

Indeed, until now, civilians have been able to displace away from shelling range. Thus unlike in the case of aerial bombardments, the total death and injuries due to shelling have been kept to a minimum. The areas, like Vaddakachchi and Thramapuram, presently occupied by the IDPs, who have displaced from the rest of the Vanni are very densely populated with them. These IDPs cannot displace anymore. Therefore any further shelling attacks will cause immense civilian casualties as the one on 8 December.

The details of the victims of the two attacks are as follows.

Killed in Vaddakachchi attack:

1.Suthaharan Sudarnilavan, 11 months old baby
2.K Pratheepa, female aged 20
3.Kamala, female aged 56

Injured in Vaddakachchi attack

1.Charanya, female child aged 6
2.Jeganathan Rathees, male child aged 14
3.Thommai Kaliston Dular, male child aged 15
4.Markandu Janakaraj, male child aged 16
5.Sasikaran Sasi, female aged 25
6.Vijayan Usha, female aged 30
7.Thommai Venitta, female aged 38
8.Pachchiamma, female aged 66
9.Revathy, female aged 36
10.Subramanium Suganthini, male aged 28
11.Anthonipillai Thevathas, male aged 41
12.Ramesh, male aged 22
13.Mariathas Anthony, male aged 17

Killed in Tharmapuram attack

1.Balanayagam Nachchipillai, female aged 78
2.Yogan Tharsa, female aged19
3.Kandeepan, male

Injured in Tharmapuram attack

1.Mathivannan Mirunisha, female child aged 12
2.Arulnesarasa Anushan, male child aged 13
3.Jeyasingam Jeyatharson, male child aged 15
4.Sinnarasa Jegatheepan, male child aged 16
5.Ramachandran Thulasika, female aged 18
6.Sarveswaran Kavitha, female aged 35
7.Vijayasooriyan Kanthimala, female aged 27
8.Chellaih Leelawathi, female aged 83
9.Mathews Anthoniamma, female aged 64
10.Kanapathipillai Poopalasingam, male aged 61
11.Muruhesu Sinnarasa, male aged 51
12.Kulaveerasingam Kulatheeson, male aged 21
13.Ramachandran Kumanan, male aged 30
14.Subramanium Sivaparan, male aged 26

09 January 2009

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