Iyankulam is a very poor village in the Mullaithivu district. The only schoolin the village is Iyankulam GTM School. The senior students in this villageschool were regularly given training in first aid and they also help themedical staff working in the nearby Alankulam hospital.On 27 they were travelling in an ambulance with their trainers to provide
first aid for the large crowds that would be gathering for the Heroes’ Daycelebrations in Vanni. Their ambulance came under the claymore attack ofthe Sri Lankan military’s Deep Penetration Unit.
Six school students, two of their trainers and the driver were killed in theattack. Among the children who were killed are a sister and brother. Onegirl survived the attack to recount a description of the attackers.
Names of victims (name, age)
1. Atputharasa Ajinath, 21
2. Chandrasekaram Dirosha, 17
3. Kanthan
4. Karunakaran Kowsika, 14
5. Nagaratnam Mathikaran, 15
6. Nagaratnam Piratheepa, 16
7. Nithyanandam Nitharsana, 14
8. Shanmugavel Sakunthala, 17
9. Vairamuthu Kirusha
