Two consecutive air attacks on 31 December on the same area of Murasumoddai killed five civilians and wounded sixteen. The repeated attacks caused the exodus of the people in the area. The people fleeing after the first air strike came under the second aerial attack causing widespread panic among them.
One of the bombing was close to the branch office of the ICRC. A cow was killed in this air strike and it was seen lying in front of the ICRC office.
Names of victims (name, age)
1. Namanathan Mariammah, 55
2. Namanathan Judha Margaret, 24
3. Markandu Sivananthan, 30
4. Pararajasingam Chandrabose