Jaffna remains terrorized amidst growing reports of abductions, rapes and killings. This is why: here are some of the events of September 7, 10, 11, and 15.
September 15
There were eight deaths in the 24hr period from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday last week alone.
Two young men riding a motorbike were shot dead by gunmen riding another motorbike in Urumparai, around 3:30 p.m., Friday. The killings took place at 'Moonru Kinathady' in Urumparai in Valikamam East.
A ‘white van’ death squad operated by Sri Lanka Army, abducted a 19-year-old female, beat her to death and hung her body Thursday night in Uduvil, Jaffna. The victim was the fiancee of a 23-year-old male who was abducted, shot dead in eyes Monday.
19-year-old Anishtan Raymond Antida, whose hung body was found Friday night, is engaged to P. Rajkumar 23, a bakery worker, who was also abducted by persons in a white van and shot in his eyes and dumped at Theatre Lane in Innuvil.
Meanwhile, an eyewitness from the bar on Manipay Road in Jaffna said Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were behind the killings at the bar where two youths from Punguduthivu were gunned down in execution style Thursday night.
Another youth was killed in Anaikoddai, shot into his eyes. The other victims to die were a 28-year-old employee at a fuel station Thursday night in Kalviyankadu and a 25-year-old fisherman, Friday morning.
Thayanantahn Kesavan, 20, and Parameswaran Thushyanthan, 18, both from Pungudutivu islet, were gunned down execution style by SLA troops who entered the bar on Manipay Road in Jaffna where they were employed Thursday night.
The soldiers forced their way into the liquor shop where they were sleeping and ordered them to the first floor and shot them. The bodies of the youths are being kept in the Jaffna Teaching Hospital morgue.
Thurairasa Suthahar, 30, of Kokuvil, seriously injured in the shooting incident, is admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
The dead body of another youth, Mylvaganam Satkunarathinam, 28, a resident of Kokuvil, abducted and shot into the eyes, was dumped by persons in a white van, at Aarukalmadam in Anaikoddai Friday morning.
Ratnasingam Prasanth, 26, an employee at the fuel station in Kalviankadu junction on the Jaffna Point Pedro road was shot dead Friday morning in execution style.
In Vadamaradchy, Kanmani Jeyatheeswaran, 25, from Punitha Nagar, Katkovalam, a fisherman who displaced from Nagarkovil, was gunned down Friday at 10:30 a.m. while he was cycling towards Point Pedro on Thumpalai Point-Pedro Road.
Another dead body, recently found lying unattended in Valigamam East, was identified as that of Thilakarasa Siluvaithasan, 31, of Kondavil, a father of three.
September 11
Eight civilians, including 2 young women, were abducted in Army-controlled Jaffna by unidentified gunmen in white van, in five separate incidents, during the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. Monday.
The two women were abducted from their home in Anaikottai on Sunday.
At Kokuvil, two youths were dragged out of their homes at gun point, in the presence of their parents.
Two more youths were abducted at gun point in Manipay, while a youth from Kumaraswamy road near Jaffna university and another from Kantharmadam have also been abducted, according to the complaints to the Human Rights Council (HRC).
Meanwhile many others are feared to have been abducted from Vadamaradchy, Kopay, Chulipuram and Alaveddy by the 'white van squads' and only the body of one youth has been recovered in Chulipuram while mystery surrounds the fate of others.
September 10
Six people were killed by unidentified gunmen in Jaffna peninsula in separate incidents during the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m., Saturday September 10.
The body of Yogarajah Gajan, 25, was recovered at Chelvanayagapuram in Atchuvely, Saturday morning.
Rajendram Rajamail, 29, of Suthumalai, was shot dead at Pandianthaalvu in Columbuthurai, Saturday morning. Two other passers-by, Sebastian Vincentine, 44, and S. Ratnamoorthy, 40 were injured in the shooting. Both were admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
Nadarajah Jegatheeswaran, 55, was shot dead near the office of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission at 4th Cross Street in Jaffna, around noon, Saturday.
The body of an unidentified man was found at Vakaravaththai area in Valikamam East in Putur North Saturday morning.
Another unidentified body of a young man with gunshot injuries in Mannankuruchi area, Mirusuvil, in Thenmaradchi sector, around noon Saturday.
Sathasivam Sathiaseelan, 35, who was abducted from his home at Temple road was shot dead at Anaipanthy Junction in the Jaffna Municipality area, around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
September 7
Civilians in Jaffna said Sri Lanka Army personnel in plain cloths were behind five separate killings in a single day on Thursday. An 18-year-old student, a woman and a photographer were among the victims. One of the five victims was abducted by gunmen riding in a white van, shot and killed during the curfew hours at midnight.
Balasubramaniyam Thuvaragan, 18, a school student, was shot dead in Alvai East in Vadamarachchy area, in the evening.
The woman, Anjaly Maikkal Jeyachithra, 32, who worked in an Arab country and returned home recently, was shot dead in Thikkam in Vadamarachchy at noon. Her body was found lying by the roadside.
Unidentified gunmen called the victim by name, Suriyakumar Arumairaj, 22, of Karanavai West in Vadamarachchy, a photographer, and shot him in front of his house in the morning.
He was admitted to the Manthihai Rural hospital, and succumbed to his woundds while he was taken to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital for further treatment.
Two unidentified motorbike riders shot Visvalingam Satguneswaran, 32, a jewelry owner, in front of his jewelry shop, along the KKS road in Kokkuvil- Arasadi area in the Jaffna Municipal Limits, around 4:00 p.m. He was admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital and succumbed to the injuries Friday morning.
Another youth, Nagendran Mahendran, 28, who was kidnapped by gunmen riding in white van without number plate and later shot dead near the Pidary Amman Kovil in Anaikkottai- Arukaalmadam area at midnight. His was blindfolded.
