
Aerial attack in Murasumoddai in Kilinochchi kills four and injures 18 civilians
Aerial attack on Chellaihkadai Junction in Murasumoddai in Kilinochchi around 8.00am today morning killed four and injured fifteen civilians. Another attack at 12.30pm on the same spot injured three more civilians.

The names of the victims of the 8.00am attack were handed over by the Tharmapuram Hospital that is functioning as the main hospital for Kilinochchi. The names of the three injured victims of the 12.30pm attack are not yet available. Several members from same families have either been killed or injured in these attacks. 
From the family of Asirvatham, Asirvatham-Mariammah, aged 55 years and her daughter, Asirvatham-Jutha Margret aged 24 years were killed. Also the father, Rayappu Asirvatham, aged 61 years was injured. Other civilians killed are, Markandu Sivananthan, male aged 30 years and Pararajasingam-Chandrabose, male aged 35 years. 
Two more couples, Annakody-Shanthimary, aged 45 years and her husband Ponnusamy Annakody, aged 49 years; and Saravanapavanantham-Ranjithamalar, aged 58 years and her husband, Seevaratnam-Saravanapavananthan, aged 62 years were injured in the attack. 
Other victims injured in the 8.00am bombing are as follows:
1. Kanthaiah-Jeyasri, female aged 38 years
2. Selvanayagam-Ragulan, male aged 21 years
3. Selvarajah-Pulenthiran, male aged 32 years
4. Sriskantharajah-Nirmalan, male aged 17 years
5. Sellathurai-Balasuntharam, male aged 51 years
6. Somasuntharam-Chandrakumar, male aged 43 years
7. Palanyappan-Subramaniam, male aged 52 years
8. Ramachandran-Kumanan, male aged 30 years
9. Velan Thavaraja, male aged 52
10. Reginald, male aged 26 years
31 December 2008
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