Vankalai is a coastal village in the Nanaddan AGA Division in Mannar District. Most of the people of this village depend on fishing for their livelihood. A locality in this village is called Thomaspuri.
family of Martin, the parents and their two children, lived in Thomaspuri.
On 8 June 2006, the entire family was stabbed to death in their home as the family slept. Martin is a carpenter and his carpentry tools were used to murder the family. His wife was raped before she was murdered. The father and the two children were hung from the roof after they were murdered.
Although there are no eyewitnesses to this massacre, military boot marks were found all around the home. The villagers also say that there were more than usual military movements in the village on that day.
Names of victims (name, age)
1. Ann Deluxan, 7
2. Ann Deluxi, 9
3. Chitra, 27
4. Moorthy Martin, 35