14 Aug 2006: 53 Tamil school girls killed by Sri Lankan air
strike on childrens home 14 August 2015 On 14th August 2006,
fifty-three Tamil school girls and 3 staff members were illed, and
o!er 1"0 in#ured, when four $ri %anan Air &orce #ets flew o!er
the 'anni, dro((ing si)teen bombs o!er the $encholai children*s
homein 'alli(uram for or(haned girls+ ,n a macabre warning of the
attacs against hos(itals within the designated*-o &ire .ones*
in 200/, the $encholai attac too (lace des(ite the $encholai*s 01$
coordinates being gi!en to the $ri %anan military !ia 2-,34&
and the ,nternational 3ommittee for the 5ed 3ross 6,3537, in
orderto (rotect it as a humanitarian 8one+ $ee the list of !ictims
here, and their (hotos here+Also see a sur!i!or9s account of the
airstrie here, and (hotos of the aftermath here andhere+ $ri %anan
go!ernment defends illing of childrenThe $ri %anan go!ernment was
swift to claim that all the girls who were massacred were
:terrorists: at a :training cam(: of the %TT4 - a claim which was
categorically re#ected by 2-,34& and international ceasefire
monitors of the $ri %anan ;onitoring ;ission 6$%;;7+ The $ri %ana*s
,ns(ector 0eneral of 1olice, 3handra &ernando, claimedat the
time that three girls who were admitted to hos(ital with in#uries
:told 1olice that the (lace was not an or(hanage+:The $ri %anan
news site, the >3= :As of this time, we don*t ha!e any e!idence
that they are %TT4 cadres+&rom what we understand at this
(oint, these children were from surrounding communities+: :Fe did
see more than 100 GwoundedH in the local hos(itals, some with loss
of limbs, head and shra(nel in#uries+: The $%;; monitors said they
found at least 10 bomb craters and an une)(loded bomb at the
site+The Dead of the $%;;, 2lf Denricsson said= Fe couldn9t find
any sign of military installations or wea(ons+I This was not a
military installation, we can see GthatH+JThe $wiss go!ernment
described the bombing as Ean outrage+Jalarishnan ;athani =
0/-0"-KK, 'alli(unam $chool= ;ullaiti!u ;aha!idhyalayam$i!anantham
Thi!ya = 30-0"-KK, 'annanulam Thambirasa $uganthini = 1K-02-KK,
Alam(il, $ 'athsalamary = 20-11-K6, ;anatudiyiru((u Thanabalasingam
>aeerathy = 03-02-KB, ;ulli!aial west Thaniasalam Thanusa =
02-12-KB, Aalla((adu 1athmanathan Aalai(riya = 23-0/-KK,
Ao!iludiyiru((u ;aru(illai Aelansuthayini = 14-0B-KK, 'annanulam
5asamohan Damsana = 2/-0"-KB, Alam(il $chool= Aumulamunai
;aha!idhyalayam'i!eanantham Thadchayini = 31-01-KK, F 10, 1TA
$anthaumar $uirtha = 0K-0K-KB, Fard B, Aumulamunai 2thayaumaran
Aousia = 22-0K-KB, Aumulamunai -alla(illai -inthi#a = 03-03-KK,
Fard 6, Aumulamunai 'eerasingam 5a#itha = 2K-02-KK, Fard ",
Aumulamunai $chool= 'idhyananda 3ollege, ;ulliya!alaiThamil!asan
-i!ethia = 02-12-KK, Fard 2, ;ulliya!alai $untharam Ano#a =
12-0/-K/, Aumulamunai 1u!anasearam 1u!aneswari = 06-06-K/, F 4,
;ulliya!alai Airitharan Thayani = 2K-12-K/, Thannerutru,
;ulliya!alai $chool= 3hemmalai ;aha!idhyalayam;ahalingam
'asantharani = 23-03-KK, Alam(il, 3hemmalai Thuraisingam Thisani =
06-12-KK, Alam(il, 3hemmalai 'aira!amoorthy Airithia = 12-0B-KB,
Alam(il, 3hemmalai 3handramohan -i!ethia = 04-01-K/, Alam(il,
3hemmalai $chool= Oddusuddan ;aha!idhyalayam$ellam -iro#ini =
Aoolamuri((u, Oddusuddan$chool= ;uruhananda
;aha!idhyalayamTharmarasa >rintha = 06-01-K/, 1K/M1 'isu!amadu
The!arasa $harmini = 0/-03-K/, /0, 1eriyaulam, Aanda!alai $chool=
Tharma(uram ;aha!idhyalayam'arathara#a ;angaleswari = 24-0B-K/,
"BB, 13 2, T+(uram 5asenthirasel!am ;ahil!athani = 04-12-KK,
Tharma(uram -ilayinar -i!aini = 04-04-K/, Aaddaadu, Tharma(uram
$chool= 1iramanthanaru ;aha!idhyalayamAubenthirasel!am %ihitha =
0"-02-KB, Aala!eddithidal, 1uliyam(oanai -ames of staff
illed3handrasearan 'i#ayaumari 6Age 2B7 Aandasamy Aumarasamy 6Age
4K7 $olomon $ingarasa 6Age 6"7 $ ?eyarubi 6Age 207
