Sie trieben die Dorfbewohner zusammen und trennten die M\u00e4nner von den Frauen und Kindern. Dann h\u00f6rte Nallamma diese erschreckenden Worte: \"Sollen wir alle t\u00f6ten, auch die Kinder, oder sollen wir die Kinder verschonen?\", fragt ein Soldat. Ein anderer antwortet: \"Ja, t\u00f6tet alle\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Vor August 1992 lebten 90 Familien in dem Dorf, doch nach dem Massaker waren nur noch 30 Familien \u00fcbrig. Die anderen zogen an sicherere Orte, da sie weitere Vergeltungsma\u00dfnahmen bef\u00fcrchteten, wenn sie die Angreifer identifizieren und ihre Verfolgung einleiten w\u00fcrden. Viele der verletzten Opfer sind noch immer traumatisiert und tragen die tiefen Narben der nicht richtig verheilten Messerstiche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Einige wollten die ersch\u00fctternden Szenen nicht noch einmal erleben und f\u00fcrchteten sich auch nach 31 Jahren vor den Folgen. Andere, wie Nallamma (58), beschrieben, wie sie auf der Flucht mit ihrem dreij\u00e4hrigen Kind angeschossen wurde. \"Ich bin hingefallen. Ich wusste nicht, was mit meinem Kind geschehen war. Ich sah zu, wie sie mein Haus in Brand setzten. Dann wurde ich ohnm\u00e4chtig und wurde ins Krankenhaus gebracht, wo ich erst nach zwei Tagen wieder zu Bewusstsein kam\", sagte sie.Nallamma erinnert sich, dass sie, bevor sie weglief, sah, wie eine schwangere Frau vor ihren Augen brutal zu Tode gehackt wurde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karappaiya Periyannan (69) sagte, dass zehn Kinder get\u00f6tet wurden, sein Sohn aber verschont blieb, weil er weggelaufen war und sich in einem Reisfeld versteckt hatte. \"Es gibt keine Erinnerungen an die Toten, denn alle ihre H\u00e4user wurden verbrannt und in Brand gesetzt. Die Armee hat alles verbrannt\", sagte er. Neununddrei\u00dfig Menschen wurden bei dem Angriff get\u00f6tet und 40 verwundet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die \u00fcbrigen Bewohner des Dorfes waren geflohen und suchten Zuflucht in Kalmadu, einem anderen Dorf in der Region Valaichchenai, wo sie noch immer in einem Fl\u00fcchtlingslager leben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auf Druck von B\u00fcrgerrechtsgruppen hat die srilankische Regierung zwanzig SLA-Soldaten wegen des Massakers angeklagt. Urspr\u00fcnglich war der Fall vor einem Gericht in Batticaloa verhandelt worden. Sp\u00e4ter verlagerte die Regierung den Fall an ein Gericht in Colombo, nachdem die angeklagten Soldaten geltend gemacht hatten, dass ihre Sicherheit in Frage gestellt sei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 32 Zeugen, die jetzt im Fl\u00fcchtlingslager Kalmadu leben, sind gezwungen, nach Colombo zu reisen, um dem Prozess beizuwohnen. Einer der Zeugen, der einundf\u00fcnfzigj\u00e4hrige Rasan Krishnan, sagte gegen\u00fcber TamilNet: \"Wir wissen nicht, wann der Fall abgeschlossen sein wird und wann wir in unser eigenes Land Mylanthanai zur\u00fcckkehren werden.\" Mailanthanai is an isolated village in Mattakalappu (Batticaloa), where paddy cultivators and cattle farmers managed to make a meagre living, surviving at the mercy of the elements. They live in ramshackle huts with no running water and an electricity supply that is patchy. The nearest shop is thirty minutes away and carries only the basic necessities for a frugal life. (Mailanthanai was renamed as \u00b4\u00b4Siththapura“ by the srilankan government) On 09.08.1992, a group of soldiers had entered Mailanthanai village and ordered the residents to come out of their houses before attacking them with knives and clubs. Survivors were fired at. Nallasera Nallamma was cooking lunch on August 9, 1992.They rounded up the villagers, separating the men from the women and children. Then Nallamma heard these chilling words, \u201cShould we kill everyone including the children or should we spare the children?\u201d asks a soldier. Another one replies, \u201cYes, kill everyone\u201d. Before August 1992, there were 90 families living in the village but after the massacre, only 30 families remained. The others left for safer places, fearing that they would face further retaliation for identifying their attackers and bringing about their prosecution. Many of the injured victims are still traumatised and bear the deep scars of knife wounds that have not healed properly. Some did not want to revisit the harrowing scenes and were fearful of repercussions even after 31 years but others like Nallamma (58) described how she was shot as she fled with her three year old child. \u201cI fell down. I did not know what had happened to my child. I watched as they set fire to my house. Then I fainted and was taken to hospital and regained consciousness only after two days,\u201d she said.Nallamma remembers that before she ran away, she saw a pregnant woman being brutally hacked to death before her eyes. Karappaiya Periyannan (69) said there were ten children who were killed but his son was spared after running away and hiding in a paddy field. \u201cThere are no reminders of the dead people because all their houses were burnt and set on fire. The army burnt it all,\u201d he said. Thirty nine people were killed and 40 people were wounded in the attack. The rest of the people in the village had fled and sought refuge at Kalmadu, another village in the Valaichchenai area, where they still live in a refugee camp. Due to pressure from civil rights groups, the Sri Lankan government indicted twenty SLA soldiers for the massacre. Initially, the case had been filed in Batticaloa courts. Later, on representation by the accused soldiers on the claims their safety was in doubt, the government transferred the case to courts in Colombo. 32 witnesses now living in Kalmadu refugee camp are forced to travel to Colombo to attend the case. 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