Personal data
Name
Meri Angelana I.
Date of birth
–
Age
58
Place of birth
Udayaekattu
Biographical details
Meri Angelana was 58 years old at the time of her murder and lived in Kombavil. This area is under Tamil administration.
Indcident
Date
16.02.2009
Location
Kombavil
Description
Since September 2008, Sri Lankan Government banned access for all the independent monitors, humanitarian workers including UN and the media to the combat zone (Vanni) and systematically isolated the combat zone (Vanni) from the outside world and waged a genocidal war without any witness.
Meri Angelana was killed in Kombavil in the war that was the last to take place in Sri Lanka. She is among the 20,000 identified cases who fell victim to the Sri Lankan armed forces. The Sri Lanka Army used prohibited weapons to kill the Tamil civilians. The Sri Lankan Army did not distinguish between military targets and civilians.
Legal situation (investigation/criminal proceedings)
No one was ever held accountable and there were no criminal proceedings in court. The Sri Lankan officers, who commanded it, and the responsible soldiers have not been convicted to this day.