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Extrajudicial killing of Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Armed Forces (SLAFs)

Since Geneva talks on 24 February until 26 May 2006 (updated)

Introduction

The graph shows the number of: Tamil civilians killed by GoSL forces; Sri Lankan armed forces killed by Tamil Resurgence groups; and LTTE members killed by Sri Lankan armed forces during the CFA period. The data on Sri Lankan armed forces casualty was obtained from news reports and from a report published in the Sri Lankan army website. The graph shows that 70 civilians and 127 LTTE members were killed before Tamil people lost patience and began to attack Sri Lankan armed forces in Nov 2005 for the first time.

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Attack on civilians LTTE has been publishing list of civilians killed by the GoSL armed forces and this list has been growing alarmingly, (20 civilians were killed by GoSL forces since the Allaipiddy massacre on 13 May). There has been no official recognition by the SLMM of the culprit for the vast majority of these killing. SLMM, for the first time, has ruled one of these killings, the killing of seven civilians in Nelliady, Jaffna on 4 May as a CFA violation by the SLAFs. Attack on media There was the attack on the Uthayan Press office on 2 May, the International Day for media freedom. Two employees were killed. The attackers were looking for the editors and outraged at not finding the editors destroyed everything in sight. Attack on people’s representatives Attacks on civilians continued, incessantly, from Geneva talks onwards leading up to the murder of respected Tamil community leader, Mr. Vanniasingam Vigneswaran. Vigneswaran from Trincomalee was to be announced as a TNA member of parliament, to replace Mr. Joseph Pararajasingam. Pararajasingam, another respected people’s representative, TNA parliamentarian for Batticaloa, was also murdered in December 2005 by SLAFs. Vigneswaran’s murder was followed by the murders of three more people’s representatives in local government. Vilvarasa from Jaffna, TNA candidate for local government election, was killed on 20 April at his home as he came out to lock the door for the night by white-van paramilitary. Senthilnathan from Vavuniya, also TNA candidate for local government election was shot in his shop by helmeted motorbike paramilitary on 27 April. Balasundaram Kamalaraj, another TNA candidate for Kalmunai, Batticaloa was shot by motorbike gunmen on 18 May. Kamalraj from Batticaloa, Vigneswaran from Trincomalee, Senthilnathan from Vavuniya and Vilvarasa from Jaffna, that spans the entire Northeast. Attacks in LTTE area Seven claymore mine attacks carried out by SLAFs inside LTTE area has claimed the lives of ten civilians and injured many more. On 24 May a claymore mine attack in Semamadu in Vavuniya killed a member of LTTE and a civilian. SLAFs has also shot and killed villagers who have gone into the forest area in LTTE region to hunt or collect wood. Five civilians have been murdered in this style in two separate incidents.

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Tamils discuss, ask, and are outraged The current situation in the Northeast is nothing new to the Tamil people. For almost fifty years starting from 1958, they have faced the genocidal violence of the SLAFs, its paramilitaries and Sinhala mobs. Throughout this Genocidal history, Tamils have continued to discussed among themselves, asked questions and got angry about the flippant manner in which the international media and the international community ignored their plight. This 50 year history of Genocide has been poorly documented due to the on going devastation of the community, loss of skill due to displacement, and terror among people living in GoSL controlled areas. This is a point that must be strongly registered in the minds of the SLMM and others from the international community who have come to help to resolve the situation. Without a heightened awareness of this past Genocidal history the helpers could naively make the situation worse for the Tamils. The current context of SLAFs committing extrajudicial killing, initially using the paramilitary while SLAFs provided the backup for the activity, and lately taking direct part in these executions have been ignored by the international community. This despite the LTTE warning from as early as 2003 and despite the presence of an international monitoring mission (SLMM) stationed in the Northeast. After the Geneva talks 190 Tamil civilians have been killed. Unless the SLMM becomes more proactive in ruling these extrajudicial killings for what they are, a heavy burden will be on SLMM shoulders and on the shoulders of the international community for failing to stop the slaughter of Tamil civilians by SLAFs. Tamils continue to discuss among themselves, ask questions why the international community is so flippant about their plight and they become outraged. Are the Tamils fools? Headquarters, Political Division Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Breakdown of modes of killing

Tamil civilians murdered by, and under the supervision of, the SLAFs since the Geneva talks on 24 February are given in a Table in this report.

The modes of their extrajudicial killings fall into the following categories.

1. direct shooting by the SLAFs, 2. direct shooting by the paramilitary while SLAFs stood guard nearby, carried out in three distinct

styles; 2.1 balaclava wearing gunmen arriving in white-van at night at the victim’s home; 2.2 helmeted motorbike riders shooting and escaping in daylight; and 2.3 missing people surfacing as bodies;

3. SLAFs assisted Sinhala mob attacks; 4. SLAFs aerial bombing and shelling of civilian settlements and 5. SLAFs killing inside LTTE area;

5.1 SLAFs planted claymore mines, 5.2 SLAFs killing by shooting in remote border areas of LTTE.

Civilians killed by SLAFs and its paramilitariesFrom Geneva talks to 15 May 2006

Affected party Date Mode of killing Location of incident District M/F Age Occupation

Mahadevan Kishorkumar

M 20 Photographer

Sellappu Kamalathasan

M 25 Electrician

B Kannathasan

M 27 three-wheel driver

Thangarajah Kaveenthran

M 27 three-wheel driver

Kandasamy Gowribalan

M 32 Town Council official

1 civilian 19-Apr-06 Barathipuram Trinco M

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Four friends were stopped by SLAFs at acheckpoint and taken back towards a SLAFscamp. There are eyewitnesses who saw this. Afifth person who passed by was also taken bySLAFs. The bodies of all five were found byvillagers strewn across the open space near theSLAFs camp - Puthur, Jaffna

Headquarters, Political Division, LTTE



Pakkiaraja Baskaran 22-Apr-06 M 16 Cook

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S K Raveendran 25-Apr-06 Omanthai Vavuniya M1 civilian 26-Apr-06 Chavakachcheri Jaffna youth-unidentified

Rasathurai Asokan 28-Apr-06 Mandur Batticaloa M 36

Rasamany Sangarapillai 30-Apr-06 Allaipitti area in Kayts Jaffna M 74

Daugher told judge SLA shot him as father begged SLA not to

shoot him

S Kalarani 2-May-06Chinnavalayanka

ttu (LTTE controlled area),

Mannar F 50 Farmer

Kanagaratnam Thavapalan 3-May-06 Omanthai Vavuniya M 31

Two civilians

23-Apr-06

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24-Apr-06

Three civilians

Two civilians SLAFs opened fire at civilian bus -Kanakampuliyady junction, Jaffna

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Abducted and brought to SLA camp whereresidents heard his cries. Then his body wasfound on the side of the road, Bharathipuram,Trincomalee

SLAFs shot three men claiming they wereplanting explosives - Kappalthurai andPoddankadu in Kantalai, Trincomalee

SLAFs shot two men claiming they wereplanting explosives - Thivu Road inVantharumoolai, Batticaloa




Selvarajah Suman

M 22

Veluppillai Vimalan

M 21

Nagaratnam Naguleswaran

M 18

Palachandran Krishanthan

M 18

T Sharmilian

M 17

Navaratnarajah Nasanna

M 19

Subramaniam Subash

M 19

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SLAFs fired two RPGs from their camp at two three-wheelers the poor labourers were riding in as

they were going to a birthday party. SLA claimed the civilians were

LTTE members - Nelliyady, Jaffna

Labourers




1 civilian 4-May-06 Maruthanarmadam Jaffna M

R Sivananthamoorthy M 35Sevaradnam Sivanantham M 22Rasaradnam Rajakumar M 24

V Vyhunthakumar M 22Kularadnam Thayarooban M 22Ponnambalam Partheeban M 22Markandu Puspakanthan M 26

Kanthasami Parimelalahan M 29

Muththuvelu Palithas 11-May-06 Kalviyankadu Jaffna M 75

7-May-06

Shot and abducted while they were asleep in the temple. There were blood stains and some clothes and empty bullet rounds found in the vicinity. Villagers heard SLAFs vehicles driving in the area during the same night. SLMM arrived 30 hours after reporting the incident. Villagers claimed that they have seen the bodies in the bushes yet SLMM which simply looked along the sides of the road declared that there were no bodies. The bodies remain missing - Manthuvil East in Thenmaradchi,

Hindu temple workers

abducted and killed during festival time

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Palachamy Ketheeswaran M 25Ketheeswaran Anex Ester F 23

K Thanushkanth M 4K Yathursan M 4

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Abraham Robinson M 28Sellathurai Amalathas M 28Kanesh Navaratnam M 50Joseph Anthonymuttu M 64M. Shanmugalingam M 72

S.Kantharoopan M 29Shanmugalingam

Parameswari F 65

Ratnam Senthuran tea shop owner

Parameswaran Kapilan 14-May-06 Kopay Jaffna M 21Ramachandran Surendran 14-May-06 Avarangal Jaffna M 30

Suresh Gunapalan 21-May-06 Vidathalpallai Jaffna M 421 civilian 23-May-06 Kumaraveliyar Batticaloa M

T. Chandran 24-May-06 Thoppur Trincomalee M fish vendor1 civilian 25-May-06 Kokkuvil Jaffna MTOTAL 56

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Family of four; parents and two young children

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Family of three; parents and adult son

13 Killed in one night in islet off Jaffna The area where the killings took place is surrounded by Sri Lankan Navy camps. When the killings took place, the Navy ordered all homes and vehicles to turn the lights off and then they began a shooting spree, killing 13 civilians. *Presidential "inquiry" ordered* Allaipiddy, Jaffna




V Vigneswaran

7-Apr-06 M

Aramugam Senthilnathan

26-Apr-06 M small business owner

Kanagaratnam Vilvarasa 20-Apr-06 M 37Balasundaram Kamalraj 18-Apr-06 M 27

M Jawfar 6-Mar-06 M 45 Small business ownerSiththiravel Selvam 20-Mar-06 M 36Ponniah Murugesu 24-Mar-06 M 40 Small business owner

Selvaratnam Vijeyakumar 12-Apr-06 M Small business ownerK Koneswaran M 24

Kunapal Suresh M 24Easan 17-Apr-06 M 24

Ilum Nizar 20-Apr-06 M 35Kanthasamy Nallammah 21-Apr-06 F 49

Satkunarajah Rajapathman 22-Apr-06 M 31 Small business owner

Rasanayagam Jegan 24-Apr-06 M 25Balasingam Pathinathan 25-Apr-06 M 29Velupillai Pathmanathan M 28

Rasiah Sivalingam M 40Krishnapillai Jeevarajah M 40

1 civilian 28-Apr-06 M1 civilian 28-Apr-06 M

Thiyakarajah Kirupaharan 14-May-06 M 27 small business ownerJeyaratnam Jeyakanthan 14-May-06 M 25 small business owner

Mohamed Navas 5-Mar-06 M 22

WHITE VAN killing - Valaichenai-Kalkuda road, Batticaloa

WHITE VAN killing - VavuniyaWHITE VAN killing - Urumpirai, Jaffna

All four are Tamil communityleaders and candidates for local andnational representation for TNA -Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Jaffna,Batticaloa

WHITE VAN killing - Veppankulam, Vavuniya

WHITE VAN killing - Women's Market Road,

WHITE VAN killing in front of his shop -

WHITE VAN killing - Santhiveli, Batticaloa

WHITE VAN killing - Karuvakerni, Batticaloa

WHITE VAN killing - Thanganagar in Seruvila, Trincomalee

WHITE VAN killing - Iyankerny in Eravur, Batticaloa

WHITE VAN killing - Mirusivil Ussan, Jaffna

26-Apr-06

MOTORBIKE killing - Oddumavadi, Valaichenai,

17-Apr-06

WHITE VAN killing - Kavatikudah, TrincomaleeWHITE VAN killing - Manipuram, Vavuniya

WHITE VAN killing - Puthoor, Jaffna

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Kovinthan Vijeyarasa 9-Mar-06 M 21 Mason

Jude M bus conductorM. Gunaratnam M Small business owner

Thambiraja Thayaparan 13-Apr-06 M 31 Small business owner

P Kirupakaran

13-Apr-06 M 36 Small business owner

T Ratnasabapathy 13-Apr-06 M 64 Retired police inspector

Junaid Mohammed Aziz 14-Apr-06 M 25 Small business owner

Thevarajah Mariyathas


Ramalingam Sakilan


Balachandran Rosan 18-Apr-06 M 27

A Thambapillai

19-Apr-06 M Small business owner

Rathinam Rasinthan 22-Apr-06 M 23 Auto driver

MOTORBIKE killing - Sarasalai, Chavakachcheri,

MOTORBIKE killing - Kondavil junction, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Vellaikutty juncation, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE killing - Allarai in Meesalai North, Jaffna

22-Mar-06

MOTORBIKE killing - Muneeswaram road,

MOTORBIKE killing - Kurumankadu, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE killing - Nelliady, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Manal Olungai, Munai, Vadamaradchy, Jaffna

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MOTORBIKE killing - Chavakachcheri, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Puthu Veethi, Koyathottam,

MOTORBIKE killing - Thenmaradchchi, Jaffna




Subramaniam Vaseekaran 22-Apr-06 M 28 Auto driverKurunathan Janarthan 23-Apr-06 M 23 Auto driver

K Lingeswaran 24-Apr-06 M 29 clerk, Education OfficeA. Nagalingam 24-Apr-06 M 53 clerk, Education Office

Rasaih Rajmohan 26-Apr-06 MThangarasa Kamalarojan 27-Apr-06 M 37Nallathambi Jegatheesan 27-Apr-06 M 28 small business owner

Gnanam Gunaratnam 28-Apr-06 M 35

Vinayagam Kamalan 28-Apr-06 MSelvam Piraba 28-Apr-06 M

Martin Suthaharan 28-Apr-06 M 24 MasonFernando Sureshkumar 28-Apr-06 M 35 three-wheel driverLasar Tharmasekaran 30-Apr-06 M 24

B George Sagayathas

M 37

Rajaratnam Ranjith

M 25

Selvaratnam Mathiseelan 2-May-06 M 22 three-wheel driverArumugarajah Theyvendran 2-May-06 M 54 small business ownerSeenithamby Logeswaran 9-May-06 M 25Mr.Surendran alias Surya 11-May-06 M 22 small business owner

Balakumar 12-May-06 M 17 studentSinnathurai Sivagnanam 12-May-06 M 47 small business owner

Pasuwalingam Kandeepan 14-May-06 M 23

Uthayan Press office staff

MOTORBIKE killing - Urkavathurai, Kayts, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Nelliady, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Kurumankadu, Vavuniya

MOTORBIKE killing - Technical College, JaffnaMOTORBIKE killing - Vavuniya town, VavuniyaMOTORBIKE killing - Kallaikaadu, Mannar

2-May-06

MOTORBIKE killing - Urelu in Valikamam, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Muttur town, Trincomalee

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MOTORBIKE killing - Atchchuveli, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Atchchuveli, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Thirunelvely, JaffnaMOTORBIKE killing - Kodikamam, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Kinnayadi Nagathambiran temple, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE killing - Muttur town, Trincomalee

MOTORBIKE killing - Irupalai, Jaffna

MOTORBIKE killing - Jaffna town, Jaffna *Presidential "inquiry" ordered*

MOTORBIKE killing - Panichankerny, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE, HELMETED killing - Valaichenai, Batticloa




Jeychandran MMathuran M

Jeyamalar Sakthikumar 17-May-06 F

Sangaralingam Sasinthiran 17-May-06 M 29

B Sureshvaran 18-May-06 M 32 Samurdhi Devt OfficerSelvarajah Ravichandran 20-May-06 M 12 student

Gopal Balasubramaniam 21-May-06 M small business owner

Iknesias Rasman Lanthilad 22-May-06 M 20

Kulathunga Regikanth 25-Mar-06 M Mason

Thambirajah Thankarajah 28-Mar-06 M 55

Thambu Gopalasingham 12-Apr-06 M 26 Driver of minibusThiyagarasa Thaskumar 17-Apr-06 M 23 Mason

Vadivel Perinparajah 27-Feb-06 M 27

Vairamutthu Arulpragasam 20-Mar-06 M 32 Laborer

1 civilian 20-Mar-06 M

1 civilian 20-Apr-06 M1 civilian 20-Apr-06 MR Nages M

S Jebanesan MN Sivalingam M

Kanthaiya GunasingamNavaratnam Navaneethan

Rasan Santhakumar 12-May-06 M 26 fisherman

TOTAL 82

DEAD BODY FOUND - Valaichenai, Batticaloa

DEAD BODY FOUND after abduction - Karainagar, Jaffna

DEAD BODIES FOUND after abduction - Avisavalai, Kandy (Upcountry region)

14-May-06

DEAD BODY FOUND after abduction - Irambaikulam, Vavuniya

MOTORBIKE killing - Thampalakamam, Trincomalee

MOTORBIKE killing - Kallady Dutchbar, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE killing - Mavadivembu, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE killing - Periyapaalam, Trincomalee

MOTORBIKE killing - Kalmunai, Batticaloa

DEAD BODY FOUND after abduction -

Both men are from Kilinochchi7-May-06

3-May-06 DEAD BODIES FOUND after abduction - Chettikulam, VavuniyaS

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DEAD BODY FOUND after abduction - Manresa Training Centre, Batticaloa

DEAD BODY FOUND - Paruthiyaddaippu, Kayts,

DEDA BODY FOUND after abduction - Onthachchimadam housing scheme, Batticaloa

DEAD BODY FOUND after abduction - lagoon Pillaiyarady, Batticaloa

DEAD BODY FOUND - Mavadivembu, Batticaloa

MOTORBIKE killing - Thamplakamam, TrincomaleeMOTORBIKE killing - Selvanayakapuram, Trincomalee




S Maheswary F 60

Thavarajah Selvakumari F 18

Velu Nantheswaran M 28

T Namasivarajah M 28

Myoora Pedige Sivamani F 30

V Venkatraman M 30 Astrologer

Antonyraj Geethanadani F 30

Thavarajah Mahaluxmy F 30

M.Selvarajah M 30

S.M.Farook M 30

Kandasamy Thiraviam F 30

1 civilian

Chandrasekaran 21-Apr-06 Menkamam Trinco M 35 Farmer, cultivator

TOTAL 13

Atputharasa Sureshkumar 17-Apr-06 Chavakachcheri Jaffna M 16 student

Thambiah Gunanayagam M 21 Mason

L Chandra Perumal M 21 Mason

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22-Apr-06 Killed by claymore blast when travelingParapukadanthan, Madhu Kovil, Mannar

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obs12-Apr-06

Violence by Sinhala mobs as Sri Lankan ArmedForces stood by: 12 Tamil speaking civilianskilled; 50 civilians injured; 55 homes burnt inSivayagapuram and Mihinthapuram; 3,550people displaced, taking refuge in schools; 32businesses affected




Meiyan Kishanthan M 4K Meiyan M 34

K Selvarani F 32Nagiah Rukmani F 49

Pathiniyan Nagamma F 67V Pagavathipillai F 67N Ranjithamalar F 56

Thuraiappa Ratheesh M 15Varathan Rajkumar M 16Vilirasa Mayooran M 21T Sureshrooban M 23

Gnanasekaram Renukaran M 23

3 civilians - unidentified Zeinudeen M

Agra Malbeeka F 25Munita Zeinudeen F

TOTAL 18

Children and women killed in SLAFs Aerial bombing and shelling on 25 and 26 April in Trincomalee

26-Apr-06 Vaddam, Muttur

25-Apr-06

Family of three

Family of three, one of them is a Moulavi

18 Killed in SLAFs Constant AERIALBOMBIMG AND SHELLING on civilian areas -Sampoor, Muttur East, Trincomalee

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Thiraviyan

M 33

Kuhaneswaran

M 38

Nagulendrarasa

M 46

Veerakody Somarasa 9-May-06 M 60Thoppalan Periyasamy 9-May-06 M 58

TOTAL 5Nishanthan 13-Apr-06 Semamadu Vavuniya M 17 Auxiliary member

Lakshmi F 521 civilian M1 civilian M

Nakuleswaran 15-Apr-06 Thatchanamaruthamadu Mannar M

M Kandasamy 21-Apr-06 Puthur Vavuniya M Small business ownerM. Jeevananthan 28-Apr-06 Thetchanamadu Mannar M 24Chandran Linton M 15

Mohan M 25Viji 24-May-06 Madu Mannar M 26 Driver

TOTAL 10

TOTAL KILLED 190

Periya Pandivirichan, Mannar21-May-06

13-Apr-06

13-Apr-06 Mullikulam

Men when hunting, missing for 4 days, deadbodies found with gunshot wounds -Puliyankulam, Vavuniya

DEAD BODIES FOUND after abduction - Panikankulam, Kilinochchi

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