What Happened
A 45-year-old father of three and a 30-year-old father of one were killed Wednesday morning when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells targeted civilian settlements, fishing huts and the stretch along the coast in Vettilaikkea'ni in Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Vadamaraadchi East of Jaffna district. One civilian was wounded in the shelling and rushed to hospital, according to initial reports from Vadamaraadchi East. Fishermen killed in SLA shelling The victims were part of a group of 15 fishermen, who were engaged in fishing when the shelling targeted the coastal stretch around 7:30 a.m. Ratnam Ganesalingam, 45, and Thagavel Puvanenthirarajah, 30, were killed and K. Gopalakrishnasamy, 55, father of seven, was wounded in the shelling.
Perpetrators
Sri Lankan Army
Sources & References
- https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=26554