Lest We Forget

Lest we forget – Massacres of Tamils 1956 ­2002
66. Nelliyadi market bombing ­ 29.08.1990
Nelliyadi is a small town in the
Vadamaradchi region of Jaffna
district. It is 3 Km from the Point
Pedro town. Nelliyadi market served
the 25,000 families living in this
area.
On 29.08.1990, two bombers and an
Avro belonging to the Sri Lankan
military dropped bombs on this
market at 9.30 am when the market was busy with people.
16 civilians including children were killed by this bombing. Another 24 civilians
were injured.
67. Eravur massacre ­ 10.10.1990
Thankarasa Iyanar says,
“On 10th August 1990, from 10am that morning, Doctor
Shanmuganath and his wife Rani and I, went to see my son
who had been captured at Karathivu Shanmuga School.
In town they stopped many people and left. They returned
after some time and told us to separate into Muslims and
Tamils. The Muslims left soon after.
They called the men in one direction. We were wondering where they were taking
us. They told us to go into a room. We were scared. The Doctor’s wife ran into the
room and pleaded with the army to not hurt the Doctor. She was dragged away.
There was a man standing there with a knife. – But I did not know this. He grabbed
my hair – because I had oil his hand slipped. He had tried to cut my head, but
because his hand slipped, he cut my neck. I fell to the floor. I thought I would die,
that’s how badly I was hurt.
Dr Shunmuganathan and a few others
were cut and killed. As I was lying
there, I could hear all the screams
and violence. It was unbearable. But I
had no other choice.
After some time, a lady was brought
in shouting. She seemed young. Her
sari had already been removed in
another room. An army took her
inside a room and raped her. She pleaded to be let go and that she would not tell
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