Navaly remembers victims of air force bombs 24 years on
10 July 2019
A total of 13 bombs were dropped on the sheltering shrines, killing 147 on the spot with many more succumbing to injuries later.
Despite no perpetrators being held accountable, survivors of the bombing and the church’s community have continued to campaign for justice.
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Navaly Church bombing remembered 22 years on
09 July 2017
140 Tamil civilians killed in its premises by Sri Lankan Air Force bombs 22 years ago.
On 9th July 1995, the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed the St Peter’s Church in Navaly and the nearby Sri Kathirgama Murugan Kovil, which were both sheltering displaced Tamils from army bombardment.
A total of 13 bombs were dropped on the sheltering shrines, killing 147 on the spot with many more succumbing to injuries later.
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St Peter’s Church in Navaly and the nearby Sri Kathirgama Murugan Kovil - an beiden Orten war ich heute.
Navaly church bombing
The Navaly Church bombing was the bombing of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly (or Navali) in the Jaffna peninsula by the Sri Lankan Air Force during the Sri Lankan Civil War. It is estimated that at least 125 civilians, who had taken refuge from the fighting inside the church, died as a result of this incident. The victims included men, women and children.
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