by Buddhist - Vesak Massacre remembered in Batticaloa
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[TamilNet, May 17, 2003 18:19 GMT]
In Aayiththiyamalai, a village in the district's interior, 16
kilometres west of the eastern town, a special service was held
Saturday at the local church for ten orphans who were massacred by Sri
Lanka army soldiers and Policemen during the Vesak festival in
Batticaloa town three years ago on 17 May. Sri Lankan armed forces,
however, celebrated Vesak, the annual Buddhist light festival as usual
in Batticaloa this week.
Children from the Catholic Church orphanage in Aayiththiyamalai who
were on a visit to Batticaloa on 17 May, 2000 to see special Vesak
lanterns and other festival decorations by the Sri Lankan armed forces
in the eastern town were shot dead by special forces soldiers from the
SLA's 23-3 Brigade HeadquarteArs.
Eleven civilians were also shot dead by the SF soldiers in the Vesak
Massacre'.
A Sri Lanka army soldier helping build a giant lantern in Batticaloa
town Saturday
Fr. Chandra Fernando, the priest who accompanied the children from the
orphanage as a special guardian and guide was seriously wounded in the
shooting. The priest, though in a critical condition, was treated in
secrecy to avoid blackmail and harassment by the SLA.
"Investigations by Colombo into this gruesome massacre were half
hearted from the beginning", said Mr.Joseph Pararajasingham,Tamil
National Alliance MP.
The Batticaloa Vesak Massacre was not fully investigated by the Sri
Lanka Police. No perpetrator of the gruesome massacre was ever bought
before justice.
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Jeganathan 30 and Sasikumar 14 were killed while Munisamy 30 and
Puvaneswary 10 escaped with serious injuries when Sinhala soldiers
attacked them. One soldier stood on Jeganathan's chest and chopped him
said escaped eyewitness to the army atrocity. The four had gone to
Parathipuram in army held Kilinochchi to inspect their homes which
they abandoned after army invasion. They were caught by a band of
soldiers who were lying in wait in one of the houses. Sasikumar was
decapitated in one stroke while Jeganathan was chopped alive. One
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