Personal data
Name
Thanusiya Sivakumar, Thansika Yutechristin
Date of birth
2002, 2005
Age
4, 1
Place of birth
Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaithivu
Biographical details
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Indcident
Date
16.10.2006
Location
Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaithivu
Description
Thanusiya Sivakumar (4), Thansika Yutechristin(1), Thushanthini Thavarasa (14) and her mother Thavarasa Indra were Killed in an aerial bombing. They got seriously injured and died on 20 October in the hospital.
Kfir Jets belonging to the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) bombed a crowded public place in the Tamil town of Puthukkudiyiruppu in the Mullaitivu District which was under the control of the Tamil Tigers. The Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing was an aerial attack carried out against Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Air Force on October 16 in the year 2006 killing a Large number of shrapnel also fell inside a children’s home, Arivuchcholai Children’s Home, nearby that was housing more than 200 boys. One boy in the children’s home was also got injured. Nine homes were damaged. One of the families was in their bunker with their one month old baby. The bomb exploded only 8 metres from the bunker. The baby went into a coma and was rushed to the hospital and the baby recovered. One house that was damaged had 300 chickens kept in an enclosure. This has vanished without a trace. Another house in which a 12 year girl died and 6 members of the family were injured had two buses parked in its yard. These also completely disappeared.
Legal situation (investigation/criminal proceedings)
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