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Civilian victims of 27 December 2008 bombing and shelling by SLA

S.Ajantha, female ahed 18 years

At 9.00am, Iyakachchi, a northern village in Kilinochchi, and at 2.00pm Iranaimadu, another village in Kilinochchi, were shelled and bombed. The list of civilian victims of these attacks is listed below. The injured victims were admitted to the Thramapuram hospital.

Killed:

Thavamalar, female aged 24 years

Injured:

S Ajantha, female ahed 18 years (lost both her legs)
Ponnambalam, male aged 42 years
K Shanmukapriya, female aged 46 years
R Vigneswaran, male aged 32 years
Satheeskumar, male aged 23 years
Theivendram, male aged 29 years
Vignabalan, male aged 32 years
Thavarasa, male aged 26 years
Gopal Thuraisamy, male aged 57 years
Sathyabama, female aged 32 years

On the same day afternoon, an ICRC assisted IDP settlement in Ward9 in PTK in Mullaithivu District was bombed twice causing panic among the recently displaced IDPs. Three civilians including two children were injured and admitted to the PTK hospital. They are:

Sathyaseelan Sathyaraj, male aged 17 of Ward-9 PTK
Amirthathasan Vithusalini, female child, aged 10 years
Sevvarasa Selvaranjan, male child, aged 4 years

On the same day Mullaithivu town was also attacked by shelling causing injury to two civilians. They are: Kumarasingam Maryaranee, female aged 45
Anthony Appan, male aged 32

29 December 2008

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