The Sri Lanka Army fired artillery shells targeting Tharmapuram Junction, the remaining centre of displaced civilians in Vanni killing at least four and causing injuries to many around 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, after artillery shelling killed three, including a child in Vaddakkachchi. Two of the slain victims were children. The attack has targeted Tharmapuram Junction, which is located 75 meters from the hospital. Tension and chaos prevailed in the hospital, which was full of the wounded civilians, as they were forced to seek shelter from the artillery barrage.
The shelling on the civilian administrative centre in densely populated Vanni comes in the wake of SLA denial of medical transport and humanitarian supplies to the civilian population in Vanni.
3 civilians, including child, killed in SLA shelling in Vanni
Three civilians, including a child, were killed Thursday morning when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery guns stepped up shelling on densely populated Vaddakkachchi in Vanni, according to initial reports from Tharmapuram hospital. There were three children among the 9 wounded who have been rushed to the hospital.
The SLA stepped up artillery shelling on civilian settlements in Kalmadu and Ramanathapuram from 5:00 a.m. Thursday.
One of the slain civilians was identified as 20-year-old Pratheepa Krishnakumar.
The wounded were identified as Tharany, 6, M. Jeyaraj, 16, Mariyathas Antony, 17, Suganthy, 28, Sebastian Antonyraj, 60, Paddaiyamma, 66, I. Selvarany and Ramesh.
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