Personal data
Name
Parimala Selvanathan
Date of birth
28.05.1988
Age
19
Place of birth
Karungandal , Vannankulam, Adamban, Mannar
Biographical details
Parimala and her family are from Vannankulam. Due to artillery shelling of their village they got displaced and came to Periyamadu a month ago.
Indcident
Date
25.10.2007
Location
Periyamadu, Manthai West in Mannar
Description
It was her father Jeyabalasingham’s birthday. “We were about to prepare some good lunch for his birthday but he was destined to die along with our two daughters ” said Parimala’s mother. Parimala was pregnant when she died. Even the twins she was about to give birth have been killed.
Periyamadu 30-Houses scheme is one of the locations that have provided refuge to the people displaced by Sri Lankan military shelling from Thallady military camp in Mannar. The villages targeted are Adampan, Andankulam, Kaththankudy, Parappukkadanthan, Karunkandal, Palaikkuli, Vaddakkandal, Kuravil, Neduvarambu, Iththikkandal, Sornapuri, Aadkaaddiveli and Palapperumalkaddu.
There were 23 families in the Periyamadu 30-House scheme location in temporary cadjan sheds. On 25 October 2007 around 12.00 noon an artillery shell from Thallady fell in this location. A pregnant lady,Selvanathan Parimala (19), her sister Thangavel Kaushalya (09), their uncle Somasunderam Jeyabalasingham(61), were all killed on the spot. Mother of these two girls, Jebalasingham Thiraviyam, (55), their grandchild Selvanathan Kohilan (3) and Francis Sutharsan (15), Karuppiah Loganathan (45), his wife Sivapackiyawathy (45), their daughter Umathevi (13), Vasanthan Rebecca (05), Suppiah Mohanraj (29), P.Subramaniam (28) are seriously injured and admitted in Mulangavil and Kilinochchi hospitals. Condition of the 3 year-old Selvanathan Kohulan was reported to be critical. Parimala (19) was in full pregnancy and the shell injury has pierced open her abdomen and brought shattered pieces of the twins she was to deliver in course of time.
Legal situation (investigation/criminal proceedings)
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