On 18 November 2006, the students of the Vavuniya Agriculture School in Thandikulam were taking part in a Shramadana activity of tidying up the yards of their school complex. Following an attack on the Sri Lankan military nearby, the military entered the school complex and ordered the students to come near them and then they opened fire. The students fell down to the ground. The military pointed to one student, Achchuthan, and ordered him to come near them. When Achchuthan walked towards them with his hands raised, he was shot many times and he died on the spot. The other students were then shot while they pleaded with the military to spare them. Four students died in this shooting and another eleven were injured.
