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<strong>Lest</strong> we forget – Massacres of Tamils 1956 2002<br />
The funerals of those were held the next day. During the funeral more bombs were<br />
dropped in the area.<br />
A memorial for those killed was built by the villagers in 2002 at the Koolavadu<br />
junction.<br />
Kandaih Sundaralingam of Uruthrapuram says,<br />
“I lost two children on 04.02.1991 when Sri Lankan Air Force dropped several<br />
bombs at Koolavadi junction.”<br />
82. KarapollaMuthgalla massacre 29.04.1992<br />
Karapolla and Muthugalle villages are<br />
sityuated in the Polanaruwa districts.<br />
These villages are on the border of the<br />
Batticaloa district. The people of this<br />
village mostly work as labourers,<br />
keeping cow herds and collecting honey<br />
from the forests.<br />
On 29.04.1992, Sri Lankan military and<br />
Muslim groups entered the villages at<br />
night and killed the sleeping villagers by cutting them with knives. 97 people were<br />
killed including women and children. All the villagers displaced from these two<br />
villages after this incident.<br />
83. Vattrapalai shelling 18.05.1992<br />
had diminished.<br />
Vattrapallai is very famous female<br />
goddess temple in the Northeast region<br />
situated along the coast in Mullaitivu.<br />
Once a year on the full moon day in<br />
May hundreds of thousands of people<br />
gather here for “Pongal”, community<br />
cooking and eating. Since 1990 due to<br />
SLAFs threats the number of people<br />
who come to this temple for this day<br />
18.05.1992 was that annual day for that year when more than 5,000 devotees have<br />
gathered at the temple. The SLAFs shelled from its camp in Mullativu at 12.45 pm<br />
at the peak time of the festival, as if they were deliberately trying to destroy the<br />
festival. Ten people died on the spot, five more died at the hospital, and 60 people<br />
were injured.<br />
Yogeswari’s son and husband died on that day. This is her account of the story:<br />
“It was the day of Pongal. Because this is a special day in the year, people had<br />
come from all over the place. I had given our ‘kavadi’ for rent. My husband and<br />
son were waiting to get the Kavadi back. I was not with them.<br />
Report by NESOHR,<br />
Information Collected by SNE<br />
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