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Sencholai air-strike killed 55, details released

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 August 2006, 09:25 GMT]
Director of Education for Kilinochchi district, T Kurukularaja, and Director of Education for Mullaitivu district, P Ariyaradnam, have informed their respective Government Agents the details of the 55 victims killed in the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombing on Sencholai campus in Vallipunam Monday.

On Thursday, Mullaithivu Principals Association and Kandavalai Principals Association, the organisors of the ten-day program, condemned the aerial bombardment that killed 55 schoolchildren and staffers.

"The residential course progressed to its fourth day, when on 14 August at 7:00 a.m the students were getting ready for the day's program when four Sri Lankan government Kfir jets started showering the area with bombs," the organisors said in a joint press release.

The final tally of those killed in the Vallipunam school camp aerial bombing (55 killed of which 51 are students and four are staff)

Names of students killed and the school they were attending from Mullaitivu district compiled by the Director of Education for Mullaitivu district, P Ariyaradnam, and sent to the Government Agent for Mullaitivu:

1. School: Puthukkudiyiruppu Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Thambirasa Lakiya DOB: 26-03-89, Mullivaikal west
   2. Mahalingam Vensidiyoola DOB: 07-10-89, Mullivaikal west
   3. Thuraisingam Sutharsini DOB: 28-07-89, Ward 10, PKT
   
   
   
2. School: Visuvamadu Mahavidhyalayam
   1. Nagalingam Theepa DOB: 29-03-87, Puthadi, Visuvamadu
   2. Thambirasa Theepa DOB: 07-02-87, Valluvarpuram, Redbarna
   3. Thirunavukkarasu Niranjini DOB: 29-11-88, Puthadi, Visuvamadu
   4. Raveenthirarasa Ramya DOB: 14-11-88, Thoddiyadi, V. madu
   5. Kanapathipillai Nanthini DOB: 05-10-88, Koddiyadi, Visuvamadu
   6. Vijayabavan Sinthuja DOB: 24-05-88, Koddiyadi, Visuvamadu
   7. Naguleswaran Nishanthini DOB: 11-04-89, Thoddiyadi, V.madu
   8. Tharmakulasingam Kemala DOB: 09-09-87, Kannakinagar,
   9. Arulampalam Yasothini DBO: 18-01-88, Puththadi, Visuvamadu
   
   
   
3. School: Udayarkaddu Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Muthaih Indra DOB: 08-08-88, Suthanthirapuram centre
   2. Murugaiah Arulselvi DOB: 14-07-88, Suthanthirapuram centre
   3. Sivamoorthy Karthikayini DOB: 13-02-88, Vallipunam
   4. Santhanam Sathyakala DOB: 20-08-86, Vallipunam
   5. Kanagalingam Nirupa DOB: 11-02-89, Visuvamadu
   6. Kanagalingam Nirusa DOB: 11-02-89, Vallipunam
   7. Navaratnam Santhakumari DOB: 28-05-88, Kaiveli
   8. Nagalingam Kokila DOB: 12-02-87, Vallipunam
   9. Sivamayajeyam Kokila DOB: Kuravil
   10. Shanmugarasa Paventhini DOB:
   11. Balakrishnan Mathani DOB: 09-05-88, Vallipunam
   
   
   
4. School: Mullaitivu Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Sivanantham Thivya DOB: 30-05-88, Vannankulam
   2. Thambirasa Suganthini DOB: 18-02-88, Alampil,
   3. S Vathsalamary DOB: 20-11-86, Manatkudiyiruppu
   4. Thanabalasingam Bakeerathy DOB: 03-02-87, Mullivaikal west
   5. Thanikasalam Thanusa DOB: 02-12-87, Kallappadu
   6. Pathmanathan Kalaipriya DOB: 23-09-88, Kovilkudiyiruppu
   7. Markupillai Kelansuthayini DOB: 14-07-88, Vannankulam
   8. Rasamohan Hamsana DOB: 29-05-87, Alampil
   
   
   
5. School: Kumulamunai Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Vivekanantham Thadchayini DOB: 31-01-88, W 10, PTK
   2. Santhakumar Sukirtha DOB: 08-08-87, Ward 7, Kumulamunai
   3. Uthayakumaran Kousika DOB: 22-08-87, Kumulamunai
   4. Nallapillai Ninthija DOB: 03-03-88, Ward 6, Kumulamunai
   5. Veerasingam Rajitha DOB: 28-02-88, Ward 5, Kumulamunai
   
   
   
6. School: Vidhyananda College, Mulliyavalai
   
   
   1. Thamilvasan Nivethika DOB: 02-12-88, Ward 2, Mulliyavalai
   2. Suntharam Anoja DOB: 12-09-89, Kumulamunai
   3. Puvanasekaram Puvaneswari DOB: 06-06-89, W 4, Mulliyavalai
   4. Kiritharan Thayani DOB: 28-12-89, Thannerutru, Mulliyavalai
   
   
   
7. School: Chemmalai Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Mahalingam Vasantharani DOB: 23-03-88, Alampil, Chemmalai
   2. Thuraisingam Thisani DOB: 06-12-88, Alampil, Chemmalai
   3. Vairavamoorthy Kirithika DOB: 12-07-87, Alampil, Chemmalai
   4. Chandramohan Nivethika DOB: 04-01-89, Alampil, Chemmalai
   
   
   
8. School: Oddusuddan Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Sellam Nirojini DOB: Koolamurippu, Oddusuddan
   
   
   Names of students killed and the school they were attending from Kilinochchi district compiled by the Director of Education for Kilinochchi district, T Kurukularaja, and sent to the Government Agent for Kilinochchi.
   
   
9. School: Muruhananda Mahavidhyalayam
   
   
   1. Tharmarasa Brintha DOB: 06-01-89, 189/1 Visuvamadu
   2. Thevarasa Sharmini DOB: 09-03-89, 90, Periyakulam, Kandavalai
   
   
   
10. School: Tharmapuram Mahavidhyalayam
    
    
    1. Varatharaja Mangaleswari DOB: 24-07-89, 577, 13 U, T.puram
    2. Rasenthiraselvam Mahilvathani DOB: 04-12-88, Tharmapuram
    3. Nilayinar Nivakini DOB: 04-04-89, Kaddakkadu, Tharmapuram
    
    
    
11. School: Piramanthanaru Mahavidhyalayam
    
    
    1. Kubenthiraselvam Lihitha DOB: 05-02-87, Kalaveddithidal, Puliyampokanai
    
    
    
12. Names of staff killed
    
    
    1. Chandrasekaran Vijayakumari (Age 27)
    2. Kandasamy Kumarasamy (Age 48)
    3. Solomon Singarasa (Age 65)
    4. S Jeyarubi (Age 20)