Kurunagar, Pasaiyur and Mandaithivu are situated off the southern coast of the Jaffna peninsula.
Surrounded on three sides by the sea and on one side by land, Mandaithivu village had 1200
families living in it. All the people in the village depended on fishing for their livelihood.
On 10.06.1986, Sri Lankan Navy men wearing black clothes approached the
fishermen who were in the sea. The fishermen raised their hands to showthat they are civilians. However, the Navy men attacked and tortured the fishermen before murdering them. The eyes of some of the fishermen were
dug out. Stomachs of some fishermen were cut open. 32 fishermen from Kurunagar and one fisherman from Mandaithivu were killed in the incident. Boats and nets belonging to the fishermen were destroyed.
Available names of victims (name, occupation, age)
1. Thamiyan Erumin Rubet Uthayakumar, Fisherman, 26
2. Manuval Mariyanayakam, Fisherman, 38
3. Savariyan Jesuthasan Niksan, Fisherman, 13
4. Somasuntharam Sothinathan, Fisherman, 62
5. Visuvanathan Vimalanathan, Fisherman, 23
6. Sebathesu Seviyar, Fisherman, 62
7. Subramaniyam Kobalakirusnan, Fisherman, 20
8. Bankiras Tharsiyas, Fisherman, 30
9. Manuval Mariyanayakam, Fisherman, 38
10. Mudiyappu Anranithas Rajakumar, Fisherman, 32
11. Penadict Masila Makenthiran, Fisherman, 25
12. Penadict Likori, Fisherman, 27
13. Kanthaiya Muththusami, Fisherman, 55
14. Alosiyas Dyuri Dorasdyuk, Fisherman, 24
15. Antan Selron Veen, Fisherman, 21
16. Alosiyas Likori Donas Mount, Fisherman, 34
17. Asheervathm Anthonippillai, Fisherman, 68
18. Pankiras Antan Vimalathas Thavam, Fisherman, 23
19. Yon Yorj Fisherman, , 56
20. Penadict Alistan, Fisherman, 30
21. Yosapparnanthu Anthonippillaiparnanthu, Fisherman, 62
22. Pankiras Antani Yuliyas, Fisherman, 33
23. Manuval Bayars, Fisherman, 56
24. Emiliyanus Maximas Eswaran, Fisherman, 21
25. Penadic Hubert Resan Rames, Fisherman, 19
26. Pattic Alosiyass Donas, Fisherman, 58
27. Arulanantham Penadict, Fisherman, 32
28. Muththaiya Suvaminathan Sebamalai Josab, Fisherman, 57
29. Arulanantham Ponibas, Fisherman, 60
30. Ganappirakasam Edved Kelinsion Jeyakanthan, Fisherman, 17
31. Manuval Battic, Fisherman, 60
32. Kristhopar Snachchi, Fisherman, 54