Kiranchi Village Bombing

February 22, 2008
Kiranchi, Poonahari, Kilinochchi
Aerial bombing
9
Killed
12
Injured
2
Children Killed

What Happened

Air Force bombed Kiranchi village. 8 civilians in 3 homes died on spot including mother, baby and 4-year-old. 12 seriously injured, 1 injured woman died in hospital.

Perpetrators

Sri Lankan Air Force

Documentary Evidence

Warning: These images document the aftermath of this attack and may be disturbing.

6 images from documentary reports. Click to enlarge.

Sources & References

  • NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume II
  • https://www.tamilnet.com/img/publish/2008/02/KiranchiNeshorReport.pdf

Documented Victim Demographics

Based on victims with documented names and details

Documented Victims (20 names)

# Name Age Occupation
1 Sasikaran Gowrinayaki 34 -
2 Sasikaran Gajeevan 4 (Child) -
3 Sasikaran Tamilventhan 0 (Infant) -
4 Kathiravelu Thiruneelakandan 79 -
5 Kirushnasami Sivaananthy 27 English Teacher
6 Viyayakumar Vithusa 21 -
7 Inthiran Lalitha -
8 Suthakaran Sumathi 30 -
9 Sasikaran Karunniyan 8 (Child) -
10 Sripathi Rajeswari 33 -
11 Saththiyanathan Theivanayaki 43 -
12 Sathasivam Kamalathevi 60 -
13 Suthakaran Bhanushan 6 (Child) -
14 Vijayakumar Sivaananthini 36 -
15 Vijayakumar Dinoshan 21 -
16 Arulanantham Leelavathi 68 -
17 Arulanantham Saththiyavarathan 43 -
18 Theivanayaki 43 -
19 Tharmalingam Poomani 68 -
20 Vijayakumar Kinoshan 2 (Infant) -
Children (age ≤ 12)