Summary report

TCHR

Summary report of Human Rights violations in Sri Lanka

January 1998 to July 1998

No	Date	Name	Sex		Age		Place	District	Incident
1	02-1-98	Sebamalai Jeevarayan	M		49		Valaichchenai	Batticaloa	A civilian walking along Sudalaiadi street was shot by Sri Lankan forces manning a check point.
2	02-1-98	A.Ponnaiah	M		55		Sunkankerni	Batticaloa	A civilian was seriously injured when Sri Lankan forces opened fire on civilians. The army is still holding 3 civilians arrested in the round up, in which the army ransacked homes and destroyed valuables.
3	04-1-98	2 Tamil undergraduates	Ms				Mahaveli-Polgolla dam	Kandy	The undergraduates from Peradeniya and Moratuwa were arrested.
4	06-1-98	11 Tamil youth					Galle area	Galle	Sri Lankan forces arrested 11 Tamil youth after a round up of 28 Tamil homes.
5	06-1-98	Satgunalingam Gunamayuran Anthonipillai Edmond	M M				Nallur	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces arrested 2 youths.
6	14-1-98	2 Tamil refugees					Eastern Trincomalee	Trincomalee	Sri Lankan army and police rounded up Alex Thottam Refugee camp and arbitrarily arrested two Tamil refugees who had taken refuge there.
7	14-1-98	Karuppiah Nandaakumar Murugaiah Sivakumar Rajagopal	M M M				Weligama	Central	Sri Lankan forces arrested 3 hill country Tamils in the south of the island for taking photographs of co-operative stores , D.S.Senanayaka Central school and water purification plant at Weligama town.
8	17-1-98	3 women students and 28 young men					Samayapuram Sahayamathapuram Rambaikulam	Vavuniya	Sri Lankan armed forces arrested 31 people during a round up operation, during which the army videoed all the people assembled.
9	20-1-98	350 young civilians	Ms Fs				Vavuniya town	Vavuniya	350Young Tamils who returned to the town from Colombo and Vanni were arbitrarily arrested in a round up by the Sri Lankan forces.
10	22-1-98	A girl raped			17		occupied Vavuniya town	Vavuniya	Twelve Sri Lankan soldiers gang-raped a Tamil girl , who was being detained at Poonthoddam College. Residents later discovered the girl paralysed below her waist and in a critical condition. .
11	22-1-98	5 youths					occupied Vavuniya town	Vavuniya	5 Tamil youth were arrested at Poonthoddam College camp by the Sri Lankan forces and have “disappeared”. Also, they have arrested some others in other detention camps in Vavuniya town.
12	25-1-98	300 civilian arrest					Valaichchenai including Kannakipuram Kalmadu Vinayagapuram Peyathalai Kannankiramam	Batticaloa	Over 1500 Sri Lankan forces rounded up a large part of Valaichchenai and arrested 300 civilians. They were treated inhumanely and while some were released others were still being held.
13	27-1-98	Sivapatham Thevakulaseelan Yogan Sivakolunthu Sivapatham Thadchayini Sivapathasundaram Susirani Nagaratnam Lampotharan Soosaippillai Mahendran Arumugam Balasingam Kandasamy Pirakalathan Parasuraman Sumanthiran	M M F F M M M M M		12 52 4 9 9 48 46 35 18		Jaffna coast	Jaffna	Sri Lankan armed forces opened fire on a civilian boat off Jaffna’s coast, killing a 12 year old boy and a 52 year old man. The remaining seven passengers, including a 4 year old girl and two 9 year olds, were injured in the army strike. The passengers were travelling to Jaffna from Pooneryn.
14	31-1-98	2 civilian killed and 15 injured					Akkaraipattu	Amparai	2 civilians were killed and 15 severely injured in an attack by Sri Lankan police. They also damaged shops and destroyed properties.
15	6-2-98	71 missing civilians					Mullaitivu district	Mullaitivu	Red Cross report says 71 Tamil civilians were registered missing since last year, after they were arrested by the Sri Lankan army close to the A9 trunk road. Although this is the official number registered, the actual number missing could be far more, a Red Cross official said.
16	9-2-98	V.Thayalakuma, daughter and another person					Valaichchenai	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan army fired shells at Valaichchenai civilian centres killing a civilian injuring his daughter and another person.
17	Deleted
18	11-2-98	Tamil shop keepers					Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan police forces rounded up town’s main market and ordered traders to close their shops and walk to the town . There they were subjected to interrogation and 7 were arbitrarily arrested.
19	11-2-98	Moorthy Sekar Yogan	M M M				Chenkaladi	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan forces in civil uniform abducted 3 people including a student.
20	13-2-98	Rasukutti Seevaratnam Wijayaratnam Selliah Thiruchelvam C.Ramasamy	M M M M		24 44		Mundumurippu junction	Mullaitivu	2 civilians were killed and 2 severely injured when Sri Lankan forces opened fire on a tractor they were travelling.
21	13-2-98	Tamil boy			15		Thampalakamam	Trincomalee	A boy was injured by an army shelling.
22	14-2-98	Sivalingam Arulanandam	M		20		Santhiveli beach	Batticaloa	A youth died when the floating object which was washed ashore exploded while he was examining it.
23	19-2-98	U.A.Farkan Rajadurai Easwaran	M M				Maruthamunai	Amparai	Sri Lankan police shot and killed as they were riding their bicycles.
24	19-2-98	Tharmalingam Balasingam Kathirgamathamby Senthilnathan	M M		22 23		Poonthoddam detention camp	Vavuniya	Disappeared after arrested by the Sri Lankan army.
25	20-2-98	3 civilians					Valaichenai	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan military arbitrarily arrested 3 civilians during a round.
26	21-2-98	3 students					Trincomalee	Trincomalee	Sri Lankan police arbitrarily arrested 3 students .
27	23-2-98	A.Arulanandan	M		33		Jaffna	Jaffna	Sri Lankan army shot dead a businessman when he was returned home at night after closing his shop.
28	28-2-98	Tamil refugees					Mannar	Mannar	Sri Lankan navy opened fire on a group of Tamil refugees waiting at Mannar shore to flee to India. One woman was killed and another seriously injured. The following day Sri Lankan navy arrested a group of 54 Tamil women refugees.
29	28-2-98	Velummylum	M				Kopay	Jaffna	A young man was arbitrarily arrested by the Sri Lankan forces.
30	08-3-98	S. Ravindran Ravi Anthonipillai Joseph Ariharithasan	M M M		26 42 29		Ampalavan Pokkanai, Kallapadu	Mullaitivu	Sri Lankan navy opened fire on fishermen off Mullaitivu coast, killing three in Ampalavan Pokkanai and another two at Kallupadu.
31	08-3-98	Civilian arrest					Pungudutivu island	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces rounded up the island arbitrarily arrested several civilians.
32	08-3-98	Raped					Jaffna	Jaffna	A girl was raped by a member of the Tamil quisling group while she was in their custody.
33	Deleted
34	13-3-98	Arrest of civilian					Gurunagar	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces rounded up Gurunagar area ransacking homes and arbitrarily arresting 13 residents. Armed forces also banned fishing in the sea off Gurunagar.
35	13-3-98	Vallipuram Thavarasa	M				Kudathanai	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces during a round - up severely assaulted a grama-sevaka (local government official) and broke his arm in the process.
36	13-3-98	Asokan Atputharanee	F		29		Kudathanai	Jaffna	Sri Lankan armed forces in a shell attack on Kudathanai killed a five month pregnant mother.
37	13-3-98	5 Tamil civilians					Kaluwakerny	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan armed forces indiscriminately fired on Tamil civilians severely injuring five residents.
38	Deleted
39	15-3-98	Sivalingam Arulanantham	M				Santhiveli	Trincomalee	Tamil civilian dies in an explosion as he examined a barrel abandoned in the sea by the Sri Lankan army.
40	16-3-98	4 Tamil civilians					Pooneryn	Kilinochchi	2 Sri Lankan Kfir war planes and MI 24 helicopter gunships pounded homes killing 1 civilian and severely injuring 3.
41	17-3-98	Peethamparam Sasikala	F		6		Kiran	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan army gunned down a 6- year old girl who was in their custody. She and other detainees were asked to run away from the camp as if they were released and then shot down.
42	17-3-98	Woman raped					Tinnevely	Jaffna	Sri Lankan policeman tried to rape a mother of three, but was prevented when residents intervened .
43	17-3-98	10 civilians					Valaichchenai Peyathalai Vinayagapuram Kannakipuram Kannankiramam	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan army and police rounded up the towns. They ransacked their homes and arrested 25 Tamil civilians. 10 of them have not been released.
44	17-3-98	4 civilians					Valaichchenai Puthukudiyiruppu	Batticaloa	4 civilians were badly injured when Sri Lankan forces fired mortars at Tamil homes.
45	19-3-98	Selvaranee	F				Meesalai	Jaffna	Deaf girl was gang-raped by Sri Lankan soldiers and unable to bear the shame she attempted to commit suicide.
46	19-3-98	Kandasamy Maheswary Thavasingam Satgunathevi Anandakumar Indra	F F F		46 4031		Vallipuram kovil checkpoint	Jaffna	Three monthers were arbitrarily arrested by the Sri Lankan army while they were returning from shopping .
47	20-3-98	2000 Tamil civilians					Vaharai	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan Kfir planes launched waves of bombs causing over 2000 Tamil civilians to flee to safety in Kathiraveli and Mankerni. Four Tamil students were severely injured in the bombing raids and many fishing boats were destroyed.
48	20-3-98	L.Shanmuganathan T.Selvarajah	M M		45 42		Valaichchenai	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan armed forces from Paper Factory army camp fired mortars onto Tamil houses seriously injuring two civilians.
49	Deleted
50	20-3-98	Thavarajah Natheswaran	M				Puttur	Jaffna	Tamil civilian loses leg in a landmine buried by Sri Lankan forces.
51	Deleted
52	23-3-98	Ravichandran Jeyarangam Vijayaluxmy	M M F		30 23 25		Kannangkuda	Batticaloa	Three civilians were injured when Sri Lankan armed forces shelled Tamil homes.
53	23-3-98	Iyampillai Sinnathurai	M		57		Punnalaikadduvan	Jaffna	Civilian loses both his legs when he stepped on a landmine buried by the Sri Lankan forces.
54	Deleted
55	Deleted
56	25-3-98	Tamil civilian	M		30		Kodikamam	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces shot dead a Tamil civilian.
57	Deleted
58	25-3-98	Yogendran Ratheepkumar	M				Urumpirai	Jaffna	Civilian lost his leg as he stepped on a mine buried by Sri Lankan army.
59	26-3-98	C.Vannipillai Ramanathan Sellammah Balasingam Velautham Yalini Kumari Panchalingam Bamini Kathirgamu Akileswary Ramanathan Thevakavi Selvarajah	M F M F F F F F M		60 50 50 22 18 28 27 24 40		Puthukudiyiruppu Vaddakachi	Vanni	Five civilians were killed and some others were injured when Sri Lankan Kfir bombers dropped bombs on these towns..
60	26-3-98	Thiruchelvam Kirupakaran Philipia Yogarajah	M M				Puthukudiyiruppu coast	Mullaitivu	Sri Lankan naval forces opened fire on fishermen at sea . The fishermen jumped off the boat and swam ashore but two have still not returned and are missing.
61	Deleted
62	27-3-98	2 Tamil civilians					Valaichchenai	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan troops opened fire on Tamil civilians , killing two.
63	27-3-98	Thiruchelvam	M		15		Moratuwa	Southern district	Sinhalese hooligans stabbed to death a Tamil boy, who was working in Moratuwa with broken bottle calling him “ baby Tamil Tiger”
64	Deleted
65	28-3-98	Inpam T . Shanmugam	M M		30 30		Vanni	Vanni	Sri Lankan Kfir bombers bombed homes in Vanni. Two civilians were critically wounded.
66	Deleted
67	Deleted
68	Deleted
69	02-4-98	Daniel Kantharuban	M				Elalai	Jaffna	A civilian loses his right leg after stepping on a landmine buried by Sri Lankan
70	03-4-98	Several civilians arrested					Kannankiramam Peyathalai Kadatpuram Puthukudiyiruppu	(Valaichch-enai) Batticaloa	Sri Lankan armed forces rounded up Tamil towns in Valaichchenai in Batticaloa and arbitrarily arrested hundreds of Tamil civilians. Several are still being held at the army camp.
71	Deleted
72	Deleted
73	Deleted
74	Deleted
75	Deleted
76	Deleted
77	06-4-98	Kandasamy Ranganathan Velupillai Vettivelautham Ganesh Chandraregan Muthu Sivalingam	M M M M		32 19		Mullaitivu sea	Mullaitivu	Four fishermen who were fishing at Mullaitivu sea , are feared killed after Sri Lankan navy opened fire on them.
78	Deleted
79	Deleted
80	Deleted
81	Deleted
82	08-4-98	6 Cvilians injured					Mamunai Nagarkoil	Jaffna	6 civilians were seriously injured when Sri Lankan army based at Elephant Pass shelled Tamil homes in the area.
83	Deleted
84	09-4-98	M.Maheswary	F		20		Valaichchenai	Batticaloa	A Tamil woman killed as the Sri Lankan army opened fire at Tamil homes next to its Kinniyadi army camp.
85	09-4-98	Ramachandran Vimalan	M		17		Akkarayan	Vanni	A boy was severely injured as a suspicious device left behind by Sri Lankan army exploded while the boy curiously examined it.
86	13-4-98	5 Tamil children					Ariyawaththai	Amparai	5 Tamil children who lived at Gal Oya colony at Ariyawaththai were abducted by the Sri Lankan home guards . They are feared killed.
87	13-4-98	A woman killed					Jaffna	Jaffna	A mother of three died and several others injured including three seroously.
88	13-4-98	Selvarajah Ketheeswaran	M		27		Kothanda Koluththikulam	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan soldiers abducted a farmer .
89	Deleted
90	Deleted
91	16-4-98	2 farmers arrested					Verakallu	Vavuniya	2 farmers were arbitrarily arrested by the Sri Lankan military as they were going to their paddy fields.
92	18-4-98	Civilians disappeared : Manuel Palachandran Kandiah Sriskandarajah Sriranjan Albert Anandakumar Sithar Kandasamy Maheswary Selvakulasingam Satgunadevi Ithayarajah Ithayasivarani Sivapatham Jeyanthan Velaponnakone	M M M M F F F M M				Varani Kaithadi Kachchai Nakarkoil Nakerkoil Nakerkoil Erlalai Erlalai Kaithadi	Jaffna “ “ “ Jaffna “ “ “ “	Tamils arrested by the Sri Lankan forces in Jaffna in March and April have “disappeared”.
93	18-4-98	Tamils in Colombo							Sri Lankan forces arrested 52 innocent Tamils even though they possessed all identity papers and registration documents.
94	Deleted
95	Deleted
96	20-4-98	Kathiramalai Koneswaran	M		24		Batticaloa lagoon	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan soldiers fired on a passenger boat in the Batticaloa lagoon killing one Tamil youth. Three others who were in the boat were also seriously injured.
97	22-4-98	Arumugam Kovindanathan	M		38		Kandawalai	Kilinochchi	Herdsman was arbitrarily arrested by Sri Lankan forces while he was grazing his cattle in pasturelands close to his village.
98	Deleted
99	23-4-98	140 Tamil youths were assaulted					Kalavanchikudi	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan STF commandos assaulted about 140 Tamil youths with iron rods and wooden clubs inside their camp for not providing information about the LTTE during their compulsory weekly attendance at the camp.
100	Deleted
101	24-4-98	Velan Ponnukone Kandiah	M M				Kaithadi Mirusuvil	Jaffna	2 civilians were arrested by the Sri Lankan military and held in the detention. Sri Lankan army has recently intensified its arbitrary arrested and tortured.
102	Deleted
103	25-4-98	Theiventhiran Sakunthala	F		44		Thenmaradchi	Jaffna	A Shopkeeper and a mother of 5 children was gunned down by Sri Lankan soldiers while she was on her way home.
104	Deleted
105	26-4-98	Thiruchelvam Indrajit Sivakaran Ainkaran	M M				Erlalai	Jaffna	2 civilians were arbitrarily arrested by the Sri Lankan forces.
106	26-4-98	Mahalingam Prabakaran	M				Tholpuram	Jaffna	A mental patient was severely beaten up by Sri Lankan soldiers and dragged along the road to the army camp where he was detained. His brother who pleaded with the soldiers was also severely assaulted.
107	26-4-98	Krishnan Jeyakumar Thuraisingam Suthakaran	M M		20		Chavakacheri	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces arbitrarily arrested two civilians.
108	27-4-98	Jegaseelan Puvaneswary	F		24		Valaiyiravu bridge	Batticaloa	A mother of two who went in search of her husband Sri Lankan army was herself arrested.
109	27-4-98	Veeravaku Sivaloganathan	M		24		Iranai Iluppaikulam	Mannar	Tamil trader who went to army controlled Mannar to buy goods for his business was arrested by the Sri Lankan army.
110	27-4-98	Anthonipillai Vilvarasa	M		47		Adampankulam	Vavuniya	Tamil cattleman was shot and killed by the Sri Lankan army while grazing his cattle.
111	Deleted
112	29-4-98	Murugupillai Sellathurai	M		52		Veeramunai	Batticaloa	Tamil civilian who died soon after being released by the Sri Lankan military, was found during a postmortem that the suffered fatal internal injuries.
113	29-4-98	33 Tamil youths					Kalmunai, Akkaraipattu	Amparai	33 Tamil young men and women were arbitrarily arrested.
114	30-4-98	Civilian arrest					Thenmaradchy	Jaffna	Several Tamils were arbitrarily taken into Sri Lankan army custody after a round up and search operation in Kaithady, Nunavil and Madduvil.
115	02-5-98	Two killed					Mavdy Vembu	Batticaloa	Sri Lankan STF commandos opened fire on Tamil residents killing 2 Tamil civilians
116	02-5-98	Ramamuthu	M		43			Batticaloa	Sri Lankan STF commandos shot and killed a Tamil, father of four, as he was collecting firewood.
117	03-5-98						Puthukudiyiruppu	Mullaitivu	Sri Lankan Kfir fighter planes dropped bombs on the Tamil towns full of shoppers.
118	03-5-98	Annakesari Vijayasingam Tharmalingam	F M M		38 40 40		Arantalawa	Batticaloa	3 Tamil civilians were shot and killed by the Sri Lankan soldiers, while they were collecting firewood.
119	03-5-98	S.Sunthararasam	M		19		Kallapadu	Mullaitivu	Tamil fisherman loses his leg as he stepped on a mine buried by the Sri Lankan army in 1995.
120	Deleted
121	Deleted
122	Deleted
123	04-5-98	Sami Kapilkumar	M		19		Meesalai	Jaffna	Sri Lankan soldiers opened fire on a Tamil civilian critically injuring him.
124	04-5-98	Nallathamby Mylvaganam	M				Meesalai	Jaffna	Civilians were severely beaten with a rifle bud and admitted in a serious condition to the hospital.
125	04-5-98	34 civilians arrested					Jaffna coast	Jaffna	Sri Lankan navy arbitrarily arrested 34 Tamil civilians most of whom were elderly and children as they travelled in a boat off the Jaffna coast
126	Deleted
127		56 passengers					Off Jaffna coast	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces arrested 56 Tamil passengers including 21 women and 15 children travelling in a boat off Kalmunai coast in Jaffna. They are detained at Karainagar naval base.
128	06-5-98	Civilians					Kondavil	Jaffna	Soldiers entered homes and attacked residents with iron bars , wooden clubs and rifle butts. Several people were seriously injured. The army then took away 13 badly beaten young men .
129	06-5-98	Round-up in Vavuniya					Vavuniya	Vavuniya	Sri Lankan forces rounded up large areas of Vavuniya and ransacked Tamil homes. All residents and shopkeepers were herded into open grounds in the hot sun and severely interrogated.
130	07-5-98	Mental patient raped		F		36	Nochchikulam	Mannar	A mental patient well known to the local military and public was shot and killed by the Sri Lankan soldiers as she resisted their attempts to sexually abuse her.
131	07-5-98	M. Nagarajah and other residents		M		16	Tholpuram Chulipuram Moolai Vaddukoddai	Jaffna	Sri Lankan military personnel ride through streets in droves on their field bikes often beating Tamil residents with their rifle butts and kicking pedestrians with their boots as they pass. Nagarajah who had been regularly beaten by the army riders was so distressed he tried to commit suicide and is presently recovering in hospital.
132	Deleted
133	07-5-98	Nadarajah Mohanakumar Kanapathipillai Sivakaran Amirthalingam Kalaivanan Selvan Ravichandran Kunapalasingam Sivakumar		M M M M M			Nunavil Kachchai Kalvayal Mirusuvil Navasikulam	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces arrested 5 civilians arbitrarily.Their families have raised concern for their safety.
134	Deleted
135	08-5-98	93 Tamil workers					Pollanaruwa	Trincomalee	93 rice-mill workers were arbitrarily arrested.
136	08-5-98	Easwaran Gajendran		M			Punnalaikadduvan	Jaffna	A civilian died in his house as a land mine buried by Sri Lankan forces exploded in his garden.
137	Deleted
138	10-5-98	S.Sriganesan R.Rajakulanathan T.Sujeevan A.Kanagalingam N.Muthurasa K.Murugupillai V.Karthikesu K.Saurnam S.Jemiluthasan K.Sivakaran A.Sribalakrishnan M.Suvethiran T.Menakumar S.Jegan N.Jeganathan S.Gunapalasingam S.Thangavelu S.Ravindran S.Sivananthan Y.Gokularasa		M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M			Kodikamam Meesalai Kalvayal “ Kodikamam Avarangal Kudathanai Mirusuvil Eluthumaddu Kodikamam Chavakacheri Kodikamam Nunavil “ Eluthumaddu Thavadi Mirusuvil Puttur “ Chundikuli	Jaffna	20 Civilians were taken into custody in Thenmaradchy and Valigamam during April 1998.
139	11-5-98	K.Peribarajah K.Rajah S.Vijayakumar M.Kamalanathan		M M M M		35 20 19 22	Mutur	Trincomalee	Sri Lankan forces arbitrarily arrested four Tamil cane-trders as they went to cut cane in the jungles.
140	12-5-98	Jaffna residents					Moolai Vaddukoddai Chulipuram Tholpuram	Jaffna	For the second time in one week Sri Lankan soldiers descended on these villages waking up sleeping residents and drove them to open spaces. Their homes were ransacked and interrogations went on for several hours.
141	Deleted
142	15-5-98	Gnanapragasam Vaithiampillai		M		45	Vadamaradchi east coast	Jaffna	Sri Lankan Dvora gunboat rammed into a fishing boat killing one fisherman.
143	Deleted
144	Deleted
145	Deleted
146	19-5-98	Vadivel Sivapalan		M		35	Jaffna	Jaffna	Sri Lankan forces opened fire without any provocation into the Jaffna’s teaching hospital injuring a warded patient.
147	19-5-98	S.Kirupanandan S.Kuhanandan S.Sinnavar		M M M		12 14 70	Kiran	Batticaloa	3 Tamil civilians were seriously injured by a bomb blast when they accidentally set off a trip bomb left behind by the Sri Lankan army,
148	Deleted
149	22-5-98	P.Karunakaran K.Rasaratnam S.Uthayakumar Santhirasegaram K.Yogendran		M M M M M		22 32 35 21	Silawathai	Mullaitivu	Two fishermen were killed and 11 were injured of whom 3 critically,in ` an aerial bombing carried out by Sri Lankan Kfir war planes.
150	Deleted
151	27-5-98	Santhanam Antony P.Rasa		M M		40 35	Vavuniya	Vavuniya	2 Tamil men were abducted by the Sri Lankan army personnel who were driving a white van without number plates. The men were later found in the custody of the army. They had been tortured in the camps, they are still being held.
152	Deleted
153	Deleted
154	Deleted
155	Deleted
156	02-6-98	Thevathas Subajini		F		19	Gurunagar	Jaffna	A girl was killed and 13 others were seriously wounded in revenge Sri Lankan army firing.
157	Deleted
158	02-6-98	20 Tamil fishermen					Point Pedro	Jaffna	20 Tamil fishermen were arbitrarily arrested in Point Pedro waters allegedly for not carrying military passes.
159	02-6-98	Kasinathan Kunalingam Varithamby Ponnambalam F. George Aachalo		M M M		28 52 30	Puthur	Vavuniya	3 Tamil men have been abducted by the army in the jungles of Puthur.
160	05-6-98	2 civilians					Kanakambikaikulam	Kilinochchi	Sri Lankan Kfir planes dropped bombs killing 2 civilians .
161	June 98	Torturing and Killing					Kilinochchi town	Kilinochchi	Sri Lankan Gajaba regiment has tortured and killed many civilians. A few Tamil civilians have been tortured and thrown into lavatory pits.A Tamil priest and two of his assistants were knifed and buried in shallow graves. The regiment has also killed hundreds of civilians who returned to their homes to collect their belongings.
162	07-6-98	Father Christiampillai Father Dominic					Kanakampikaikulam	Kilinochchi	Two Catholic priests were killed by Sri Lankan Kfir planes.
163	Deleted
164	10-6-98	Arrest					Thirunelvely	Jaffna	A woman was arrested by the Sri Lankan army while she was going for shopping. Relatives were told by the army that she was not in custody.
165	10-6-98	S. Tharmalingam K. Santhirakeswaran		M M		26 23	Kokavil	Vanni	Two civilians were critically injured as Sri Lankan war planes bombed Kokavil residential area.
166	10-6-98	Civilians killed: Pushpanandan Sathees Pushpanandan Kalaichelvi Manuval Thevathas Palanivel Thiruchelvi Vigneswaran Nesarani Sinnathurai Rasalingam Uthayakumar Sanaikuddy Yogapalasingam Gnanasegaram Pushpanandan Sathyaseelan Moothathamby Vasathakumary Vallipuram Ranimalar Sureshkumar Navakumar Kokila Atputham Jegan Vinayagamoorthy Thevakaran Sithamparapillai Kumaravel Tamil civilians injured: A.Kethees P.Seelan P.Jeyaratnam P.Suthan N.Sathyaseelan I.Selvan Pathmarasa K.Jeevanthini S.Sakunthala S.Pirasanthini Y.Ledchumy A.Meeambikai A.Vijayakumar Sutharsan I.Santhi Komaledchumy Indrakumar Mehanathan Jeyakanthan Manikkam Suveenthran Sornaledchumy K.Vaksala K.Malini K.Rekan K.Tharini Suntharalingam Govindan Sivanesan Jeyachandran Sinna Karuppiah Nisam Kumaresan Nathan		M F M F F M M M M M F F M F M M M M M M M M M M F F F F F M M F F M M M M M F F F M F M M M M M M M M		10 04 45 17 40 27 27 40 08 19 27 30 23 22 22 21 20 18 27 21 21 26 15 63 25 14 25 15 28 24 20 64 21 18 28 45 09 21 42 18 15 62 30 30 38	Jaffna Omanthai Jaffna N Madduvil Muthuvil Jaffna Point Pedro Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Skanthapura Pudukudi Suthanthira Suthanthira Suthanthira Thaneerutu Amp. Pokka. Udayarkaddu Suthanthira Vallipuram Suthanthira Udayarkaddu Vallipuram Udayarkaddu Udayarkaddu Suthanthira. Sthanthira. Pudukudi Pudukudi Suthanthira Yogapuram Suhanthira Anandapura Vallipuram Suthanthira. Suthanthira Udayarkaddu Udayarkaddu Vallipuram Vallipuram Suthanthira Suthanthira Udayarkaddu Moonkilaru		Two Sri Lankan Kfir jets have dropped a series of high powered bombs on Suthanthirapuram - a refugee settlement in Mullaitivu district. Soon after the air raids, Sri Lankan armed forces stationed at Karipattamurippu and Elephant Pass began firing volleys of shells towards Suthanthirapuram, Udayarkaddu North and Vallipuram. Many houses were reduced to rubble and cottages were set on fire. Over 25 persons including many women and children were killed on the spot. 50 seriously injured were admitted to the hospital.
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168	13-6-98						Pungudutivu	Jaffna	Sri Lankan martial law administrators in Jaffna have recently imposed a total ban on all cleaning materials to Tamils living in Pungudutivu.
169	14-6-98	Kandiah Vijendran		M			Nagarkovil	Jaffna	Sri Lankan navy killed a fisherman while he was fishingt.
170	15-6-98	4 civilians killed					Mannar	Mannar	4 civilians were killed within a few yards of an army camp. The Bishop of Mannar has asked the government to trace the murdereurs. Certain military articles were found near the bodies.
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172	18-6-98	K.Murugesapillai		M			Unnichai	Batticaloa	A gramasevaka and land owner was found dead in a barn 30 km north-west of Batticaloa.Sri Lankan home guards are suspected to have killed.
173	19-6-98	Ketheswaranathan Kalaivani		F		26	Arialai	Jaffna	A PLOTE gunman working for the Sri Lankan army shot a woman critically injuring her..
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