Murukandy Family Claymore Attack

May 23, 2008
Murukandy-Akkarayan Road, Kilinochchi
Claymore attack
16
Killed
3
Injured
5
Children Killed

What Happened

Private van carrying 19 members of extended family returning from visiting patient at Mulankavil hospital. DPU claymore attack near Murukandy killed 16 including 5 children. All 5 children from same extended family attended same school in Parathipuram.

Perpetrators

Sri Lankan Army Deep Penetration Unit

Documentary Evidence

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

10 images from documentary reports. Click to enlarge.

Sources & References

  • NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume II
  • NESOHR report May 2008
  • https://tamilnation.org/tamileelam/nesohr/0805Murukandy_Claymore.pdf

Documented Victim Demographics

Based on victims with documented names and details

Documented Victims (19 names)

# Name Age Occupation
1 V. Loganantha 39 -
2 P. Vijayaratnam 40 -
3 V. Sivakala 16 Student
4 V. Vithushan 9 (Child) Student
5 V. Thanu 7 (Child) Student
6 Santhirasekana Keerthika 11 (Child) Student
7 Thiagaraja Karthika 10 (Child) Student
8 Selvarasa Kalathevi 34 -
9 Paneerchelvan Alahuranee 44 -
10 Rajenthiram Kalavalli 32 -
11 Karuppaih Annaladchmi 45 -
12 Samikkannu Karuppaih 50 -
13 Subramanium Saraswathy 37 -
14 Alahan Subramanium 37 -
15 Subramanium Thanaladchi 53 -
16 Kanesan Thanaraj 34 -
17 V. Karthik 14 Student
18 V. Sobika 12 (Child) Student
19 Injured passenger -
Children (age ≤ 12)