At 1.30am on 29 November, as the IDP residents in the Ulavanoor kudiyiruppu, who were just recovering from a disastrous flood, were asleep, sixteen cluster bombs were dropped on the Ulavanoor settlement. The newly settled IDPs who due to the floods, did not even have bunkers to take cover, ran into the forests through flood water in thick darkness. A five year old child and another civilian were killed and nineteen more civilians were seriously injured, among them are seven children. Two of the injured have lost their limbs and some suffered
A Russian made bomb dropped on 29 November that did not explode is pictured above. This type of bomb is known as cluster bomb. It contains several smaller bombs inside and cause damage to wide area thus often having disastrous effects on civilian population. For this reason there is currently an international ban on this type of bomb. Several countries have already announced that they will not use these bombs. The use of cluster bombs was reported several times in attacks on Vanni that continued for six months after this attack. However, deteriorating conditions prevented on the spot collection of evidence.
Names of victims (name, age)
1. Sivakumar Sutharson, 5
2. Raman Ramasamy, 80
