Mullivaikal village is located in the Karaithuraipattu Assistant Government Agent Division in the Mullaithivu district. The main economic activities of the village is farming and fishing. In the year of 1997 several displaced fishing families from Jaffna settled along the coastal belt of this village.
On 13.05.1997 morning, Kfir bombers of the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed this village. Seven fishermen fishing from the shores were killed. Three road workers repairing the roads were also killed in the bombing.
Available names of victims (name, occupation, age)
1. Arumugam Sivasmahenthiram, Fisherman, 38
2. Nagarasa Thavaratnarasa, Farmer, 24
3. Sinnaiah Arumugam, Fisherman, 68
4. Ponnampalam Pakkiarasa, Fisherman, 60
5. Subramaniam Ajanthan, Fisherman, 15
6. Sivakuru Mahenthiran, Fisherman, 39
7. Sivakaran Thuthikaran, Fisherman, 18
8. Malli, -, 42
9. Ramasingham Rasaiah, Fisherman, 73