INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA
The Charge is Ethnic Cleansing
CHURCHES AND TEMPLES BOMBED,
1993
On 13 November 1993 ,
Sri Lankan supersonic bombers attacked St.James Church at
Gurunagar at about 7.30 a.m. St.James is one of the
largest and oldest Roman Catholic churches in Jaffna.
The church was completely destroyed. A nursery school
nearby, two shops and ten houses in the neighbourhood
were also destroyed. Ten persons were killed and over 30
injured. Of the dead three belonged to the same family.
The bodies of the dead were torn and charred. The blown
up parts of all the bodies were collected and buried
together.
On the evening of the same day, the Sri Lankan
supersonic bombers targeted the Nanthavil Amman
Temple at Kokuvil but the bombs fell on a land on the
rear side of the temple. Damage to the temple was averted
but six houses in the neighbourhood were damaged - one of
which was completely destroyed. 8 persons were
injured.
On the evening of 14 November, the Sri Lanka
airforce attacked the Vairavar Temple at Varany.
The temple was completely destroyed. Seven persons were
injured. A number of houses were also damaged."
At about 5 p.m. on Thursday 30 December 1993,
Sri Lanka Air Force planes attacked CSI church in the
centre of Chavakachcheri town. Mrs.Pamela Indranee
Lawrence, wife of the Vicar of the Church, was killed in
the attack. Her husband who had gone to Varany at the
time of the rocket attack escaped. The Church building
and the Vicarage were badly damaged. (Network,
published by the International Federation of Tamils,
January 1994)
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