Nelliyadi is a small town in theVadamaradchi region of Jaffna district. It is 3 Km from the Point
Pedro town. Nelliyadi market served the 25,000 families living in
this area. On 29.08.1990, two bombers and an
Avro belonging to the Sri Lankan military dropped bombs on this
market at 9.30 am when the market was busy with people. 16 civilians
including children were killed by this bombing. Another 24 civilians were injured.
Available names of victims (name, occupation, age)
1. Santhirasegaram Vallipuram, Farmer, 70
2. Kiddinan Gnanarooban, Student, 12
3. Mahesahn Sanmugeswaramoorthy, Farmer, 36
4. Nagarasa Aananthapairavi, Seller, 20
5. Murugaiah Nirmaleswaran, Farmer, 18
6. Ponniah Mahendran, Officer, 48
7. Rasaiah Puspavathy, Seller, 50
8. Appuththurai Kunaratnam, Seller, 54
9. Ponnampalam Somaskanthasivam, Post officer, 58
10. Somaskanthasivam Mangalanayagi ammai, Principal, 58
11. Selvan, Student, 14
12. Japan, -, 50