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Poththuvil massacre 30 July 1990

In 1990 hostilities between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE resumed.In the east the Sri Lankan military, Sinhala thugs, and their homes guards started to attack Tamil
civilians. On 10.06.1990, as a result of attacks by the military and Muslim groups, people displaced to the
Komari refugee camp. People

returned to their homes on 30.07.1990, trusting the promises made by the Sri Lankan military and government officials. Returning people found that their homes were broken into and many valuables were stolen. Homes were also destroyed. As a result the people displaced again to Poththuvil Methodist Mahavidhyalayam.
Young men and women among the refugees at the Poththuvil Methodist Mahavidhyalayam were forced to go out for work to support their families. 12 of them were arrested by the military and the Muslim groups and taken to the Poththuvil Police Station. Those arrested were taken to the open space near the Police Station few at a time and were burnt alive.

Except for a few who escaped all the rest of those arrested were burnt alive by 01.08.1990. 125 young people died in this atrocity by the military and the Muslim groups.
Available names of victims (name, occupation, age)
1. Sellathurai Chandran, -, 20
2. Kandiahpillai Sivasuntharan, -, 26
3. Kanthan Navaratnam, -, 21
4. Kanthappan Aananthan, Worker, 26
5. Kaththamuthu Sunil, Worker, 35
6. Kalikuddy Amirthlingham, -, 27
7. Krishnan Alagaiah, Worker, 24
8. Kanapathy Pathmanathan, Worker, 25
9. Kanapathipillai Tharumaratnam, Worker, 51
10. Kengatharan Jeyakumar, Worker, 22
11. Ponnan Mosan, Worker, 25
12. Somalingham Visvalingham, Worker, 42
13. Rajathurai Kamalanathan, Infant, 03
14. Sellathurai Kanthasamy, -, 35
15. Kanagaratnam Sinnarasa, -, 27
16. Sellamuthu Subramaniam, Worker, 18
17. Velautham Karunanithy, Worker, 32
18. Gnanachselvan Uthayakumar, Worker, 18
19. Sunthararagan Tharumalingham, -, 21
20. Subramaniam Rasu, -, 20
21. Subpaiah Kathirgamanathan, -, 22
22. Subpaiah Archsunan, -, 26
23. Subpaiah Arumugam, Worker, 39
24. Kanapathipillai Selvaratnam, Worker, 35
25. Kanapathipillai Theiventhiran, -, 23
26. Pakkiri Sittampalam, -, 30
27. Palan Jeyanantham, Worker, 25
28. Selvarasa Suventhiran, Worker, 20
29. Thambiar Thevasuntharam, Watcher, 70

30. Nagamani Kunaseelan, -, 25
31. Nallathamby Pakkiarasa, -, 23
32. Kannachchi Subramaniam, -, 34
33. Kanagaratnam Sinnarasa, -, 52
34. Kanagasabai Navarasa, -, 26
35. Kandiah Nallathambi, -, 33
36. Kandiah Tharumaratnam, -, 32
37. Kandiah Sivakumar, -, 27
38. Kandiah Sivakumaran, -, 22
39. Kandiapillai Sivasubramaniam, -, 26
40. Kanthan Navaratnam, -, 21
41. Kaneshapillai Chandran, -, 36
42. Kandiah Kanesh, Student, 16
43. Santhirapillai Vinayagamoorthy, Worker, 20
44. Kandiah Nallathamby, -, 33
45. Thambimuthu Krishnapillai, -, 52
46. Mooththathamby Rasanayagam, -, 33
47. Ilaiyathamby Kirubakakaran, Worker, 39
48. Ilaiyathamby Karunakaran, -, 23
49. Ramalingham Eesvaran, -, 23
50. Santhianathan Pathmanathan, -, 32
51. Nagamani Kunaseelan, -, 25
52. Nadarasa Savunthararasa, -, 19
53. Sannasi Subramaniam, -, 34
54. Kanagasabai Kirubairasa, Worker, 30
55. Kanagasabai Thavarasa, Worker, 26
56. Iyappan Selvarasa, Worker, 41
57. Namani Siththathurai, Fisherman, 45
58. Seeniththamby Subramaniam, Worker, 26
59. Pathamanathan Vigneswaran, Worker, 14
60. Sabapathy Mahenthiran, -, 22
61. Shanthy Satkunam, -, 40
62. Saththianathan Yoganathan, Worker, 26
63. Sathasivam Velluppillai, Worker, 50
64. Sathasivam Sivalingham, Worker, 45
65. Sinnappillai Vijayakumar, -, 20
66. Sinnathurai Pathmanathan, -, 26
67. Sinnathurai Yogarasa, -, 29
68. Sinnaththamby Nadarasa, -, 34
69. Sinnaththamby Suntharam, Worker, 30
70. Sinnaththamby Sabanantham, Worker, 28
71. Kopalakrishnan Pathmanathan, Worker, 26
72. Seeniththamby Kanthasamy, -, 45
73. Kopal Ramesh, -, 20
74. Vadivel Muththukumar, Worker, 17
75. Vadivel Alaganayagam, Worker, 30

76. Vadivel Selvanayagam, Worker, 17
77. Vadivel Santhirasegararagan, Worker, 42
78. Vannamani Manivannan, -, 20
79. Veeran Rasaiah, -, 35
80. Veeran Pushparasa, -, 32
81. Veeran Selvarasa, -, 29
82. Ratnam Jeyaseelan – 24
83. Lalith Thurairasa, Merchant, 49
84. Kanapathipillai Yoganathan, Worker, 20
85. Arumugam Kaneshamoorthy, Student, 19
86. Sinnarasa Theiventhiran, -, 23
87. Tharumalingham Santhiran, -, 21
88. Tharumalingham Paskaran, -, 13
89. Thambipillai Poopalapillai, Worker, 32
90. Thambirasa Rasakumar, Worker, 18
91. Thambirasa Manogar, Worker, 38
92. Thambirasa Thevasuntharam, Worker, 65
93. Thisanayaga Obesegara, Worker, 42
94. Thisanayaga Sabeser, Student, 19
95. Thilagaratnam Parathy, Worker, 24
96. Thilagaratnam Lalith, Worker, 23
97. Thangarasa Mahenthiran, Worker, 17
98. Tharumalingham Rasenthiram, -, 26
99. Sabapathy Mahenthiran, Seller, 26
100. Tharumalingham Muthulingham, Worker, 24
101. Pathmanathan Ravinthiran, Worker, 40
102. Tharumalingham Santhalingham, -, 23
103. Marimuthu Mahenthiran, -, 18
104. Manikkam Paramasivan, -, 31
105. Manikkam Thambirasa, Worker, 26
106. Manikkam Selvarasa, Worker, 27
107. Manikkam Ravichsanthiran, Worker, 32
108. Muthuthaiah Saththianathan, -, 18
109. Antonipillai Mahenthirakumar, -, 16
110. Alagaiah Siyamsegar, Worker, 36
111. Arulampalam Vasu, -, 19
112. Arumugam Rasaratnam, Worker, 20
113. Joseph Sriramu, Worker, 32
114. Tharumalingham Kaneshamoorthy, Worker, 23