Vallipunam Aerial bombing (2007)

April 4, 2007
Vallipunam, Mullaitivu
Aerial bombing
2 +
Killed
4
Injured

What Happened

Two civilian passengers were killed and four wounded on Kaivaeli - Puthukkudiyir'uppu Road in Mullaiththeevu district when Sri Lanka Air Force Kfir jets bombed the area Wednesday around 1:00 p.m., LTTE officials in Kilinochchi said. NGO office of the White Pigeon Prosthesis Institute in Puthukkudiyir'uppu was damaged in the aerial attack, the sources added. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan military sources in Colombo claimed that they had attacked a Sea Tiger base in Mullaiththeevu. B. Pradeep, from Moongilaaru, Mullaitheevu was one of the passengers who was killed in the air strike, medical sources in Puthukudiyiruppu hospital said. The other passenger killed in the attack is yet to be identified, medical sources said.

Perpetrators

Sri Lankan Air Force

Sources & References

  • https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21777

Documented Victim Demographics

Based on victims with documented names and details

Documented Victims (4 names)

# Name Age Occupation
1 Luxmanan Kunaratnam 30 -
2 Kandiah Anandarajah 45 -
3 Amirthalingam Arignan 27 -
4 Sittampalam Tharmasenan 29 -
Children (age ≤ 12)