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1999 Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing

Index 1999 Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing

The Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing was a series of aerial attacks carried out against Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Air Force on September 15 in the year 1999 killing over 21 including schoolchildren and women as well as inflicting serious injuries upon many more. [1]

12 relations: Amnesty International, Chencholai bombing, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mullaitivu District, Nagerkovil school bombing, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu), Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lankan Tamils, Strategic bombing, Vaharai bombing.

Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Chencholai bombing

Chencholai bombing (also spelt as Sencholai) took place on August 14, 2006 when the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed what it said was a rebel LTTE training camp, killing 61 girls aged 16 to 18.

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (translit, translit, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in northeastern Sri Lanka.

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Mullaitivu District

Mullaitivu District (முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம் Mullaittīvu Māvaṭṭam; මුලතිවු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Nagerkovil school bombing

The Nager Kovil school bombing refers to a disputed incident in the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Northern Province (வட மாகாணம் Vaṭa Mākāṇam; උතුරු පළාත Uturu Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)

Puthukkudiyiruppu (புதுக்குடியிருப்பு, Sinhala: පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පු/අලුත්කුලිස්ස) is a small town in the Mullaitivu District of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka Air Force

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) (Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai) is the air arm and the youngest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.

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Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils (also) or Ceylon Tamils, also known as Eelam Tamils in Tamil, are members of the Tamil ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.

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Strategic bombing

Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale or its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both.

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Vaharai bombing

The Vaharai bombing is a disputed event in the Sri Lankan civil war.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Puthukkudiyiruppu_bombing

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