Iyankulam claymore attack 27 Nov 2007

Iyankulam claymore attack 27 Nov 2007

Iyankulam is a very poor village in the Mullaithivu district. The only school in the village is Iyankulam GTM School. The senior students in this village school were regularly given training in first aid and they also help the medical 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’ Day celebrations in Vanni. Their ambulance came under the claymore attack of the Sri Lankan military’s Deep Penetration Unit.

Six school students, two of their trainers and the driver were killed in the attack. Among the children who were killed are a sister and brother. One girl survived the attack to recount a description of the attackers.

Three civilians from one family in one house were killed by the bombing. Another child from another house was also killed. Six civilians, including a couple, were seriously injured. One of the injured died in the hospital a few days later. Another injured victim lost her leg. Three houses were flattened in the bombing and another seven houses were damaged.

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