Nagarkovil Bombing

What Happened

Among the historic temples in Jaffna are the Vallipuram temple and the Nagarkovil temple. The Nagarkovil Mahavidhyalayam school was started in 1956 and upgraded to a higher school in 1967.

In 1990, people from the village of Mayiliddy were forced to displace from their village and around 600 families were living in Nagarkovil. The school grew from 400 students to over 830.

On 21st September 1995, the military shelled several areas in Jaffna from its Palaly camp. On the next morning, 22nd September 1995, while students were in assembly, a Kfir jet dropped a bomb on the school, killing 28 students - all children between ages 8-17.

Most were students who had already been displaced from their original homes.

Perpetrators

Sri Lankan Air Force

Sources & References

NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume I

Documented Victims (28 names)

#	Name	Age	Occupation
1	Navamani Mithura	14	Student
2	Markandu Nagaloosini	10 (Child)	Student
3	Palachsanthiran Rejitha	10 (Child)	Student
4	Pologarasa Thusyanthy	13	Student
5	Kugasaravanamalai Tharshini	13	Student
6	Navaratnasamy Umathevy	12 (Child)	Student
7	U. Tharshini	12 (Child)	Student
8	Sithamparapillai Sasiruby	11 (Child)	Student
9	Anton Mariamanogarathas Mariyarajith	9 (Child)	Student
10	Tharmalingham Ushananthini	14	Student
11	Ramachchanthiran Sangeetha	14	Student
12	Rasaratnam Umakanthan	16	Student
13	Selvakulasingham Selvathy	17	Student
14	Selvam	16	Student
15	Antony Mariaros Antonythas	8 (Child)	Student
16	Ragavan	16	Student
17	T. Samiththa	10 (Child)	Student
18	Mahalingham Shanmugavadivel	16	Student
19	Mylvaganam Kananathan	13	Student
20	Nagamuthu Senthilvel	15	Student
21	Thambipillai Kopithan	-	Student
22	Krishnakopal Thavaseelan	13	Student
23	Raveenthirarasa Amirtha	10 (Child)	Student
24	Thamotharampillai Saguntha	12 (Child)	Student
25	Albons Amalaviji	14	Student
26	Rasaratnam Kavitha	10 (Child)	Student
27	Johnposko Karmilara	4 (Child)	Child
28	Ramanathan Methini	13	Student

Children (age ≤ 12)