{"id":3445,"date":"2024-10-24T19:20:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2024-10-24T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:21:04","slug":"ipkf-massacres-in-yaalppanam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/ipkf-massacres-in-yaalppanam\/","title":{"rendered":"IPKF - Massaker in Yaalppanam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Die indische Armee setzte ihre Gr\u00e4ueltaten gegen die Bewohner des Kokuvil-Gebiets nach dessen Besetzung am 23. Oktober fort. Als die IPKF die Kokuvil-Kreuzung erreichte, richtete sie einfach Kanonenfeuer auf das dreist\u00f6ckige Schulgeb\u00e4ude, in dem sich fast tausend Fl\u00fcchtlinge befanden. Das Geb\u00e4ude st\u00fcrzte einfach ein, wobei 26 Menschen, zumeist Frauen und Kinder, den sofortigen, qualvollen Tod fanden und 76 schwer verletzt wurden. Viele dieser Menschen starben innerhalb weniger Tage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ich befand mich in dem Geb\u00e4ude, als es einst\u00fcrzte, und werde den schrecklichen Anblick nie vergessen: Die Kanonen knallten, die Ziegel und der Zement fielen, das Geb\u00e4ude wackelte einen Moment, die ungl\u00fccklichen Menschen schrien, ihre Stimmen verschmolzen zu t\u00f6dlichen Schreien, und dann st\u00fcrzte es schlie\u00dflich ein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In der Dunkelheit durchsuchten wir die Tr\u00fcmmer nach \u00dcberlebenden. Die Leichen waren durch Kanonenbeschuss in St\u00fccke gesprengt worden. In dieser Nacht lagen die Toten stumm da, die Verwundeten st\u00f6hnten und schrien, w\u00e4hrend die anderen fassungslos und zitternd dastanden, ohne in der Lage zu sein, Hilfe zu leisten. Einige von ihnen erlitten Nervenzusammenbr\u00fcche. Einer meiner Freunde, ein hoher Regierungsbeamter, sagte immer wieder zu mir: \u201eSind wir alle verr\u00fcckt geworden, oder passiert das wirklich?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am schockierendsten und aufschlussreichsten \u00fcber die wahren Absichten des konterrevolution\u00e4ren indischen Regimes war jedoch die Antwort, die die Verletzten und Hinterbliebenen von dem f\u00fcr die IPKF in Kokuvil zust\u00e4ndigen Offizier erhielten. Als er von einer Delegation \u00fcber diese herzzerrei\u00dfende Gr\u00e4ueltat informiert wurde, sagte er einfach: \u201eUnsere Streitkr\u00e4fte hielten es f\u00fcr eine Waffenfabrik der LTTE. Dann verteilte er etwas Kerosin und ordnete an, die Toten sofort zu verbrennen, um Schlimmeres zu verhindern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Schwerstverwundeten wurden mit Hilfe der LTTE-Kader heimlich zur medizinischen Behandlung abtransportiert. In dem Lager gab es keine Lebensmittel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Es ist ganz klar, dass die \u201eFriedenssicherung\u201c der IPKF nichts anderes war als die Befriedung von Jaffna im Stil einer Besatzungsarmee. Ihr bewusstes Ziel war es, die Bev\u00f6lkerung f\u00fcr ihre politische Unterst\u00fctzung des nationalen Befreiungskampfes zu bestrafen und sie mit brutaler Gewalt einzusch\u00fcchtern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Der IPKF gelang es, einen gro\u00dfen Teil der Bewohner dazu zu bewegen, in die Lager zu gehen. In allen Lagern herrschten \u00e4hnliche Zust\u00e4nde wie im Kokuvil Hindu College. Weder Toiletten noch Wasserversorgung waren vorhanden. Tausende von Menschen waren gezwungen, n\u00e4chtelang zu hocken, ohne sich ausstrecken zu k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die nachstehend aufgef\u00fchrten Zahlen der durch Granatenbeschuss get\u00f6teten Personen sind zwar unvollst\u00e4ndig, geben aber einen Eindruck von der Situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Sieben Todesf\u00e4lle im Fl\u00fcchtlingslager des Chundukuli Girls College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Ein Kind und mehrere Erwachsene wurden im Fl\u00fcchtlingslager des Osmania College in Jaffna get\u00f6tet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Sieben Tote auf dem Gel\u00e4nde des Inuvil Pillayar Kovil-Tempels, einer auf dem Hindu Ladies College und mehrere auf dem Kondavil Amman Kovil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Stalinisten, der CWC (Ceylon Workers Congress), die LSSP und alle revisionistischen Gruppen hatten die indische Invasion unterst\u00fctzt und den Massen vorgegaukelt, dass das Abkommen den Tamilen einige Zugest\u00e4ndnisse sichern w\u00fcrde. Die srilankische Bourgeoisie lud die indische Armee auf die Insel ein, als sie feststellte, dass es unm\u00f6glich war, die Arbeitermassen allein in Schach zu halten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Da in Jaffna keine Zeitungen zugelassen sind, verbreiten sich Nachrichten nur langsam. Selbst durch Mundpropaganda verbreiten sie sich nicht schnell, da aufgrund der milit\u00e4rischen Besetzung nur wenig gegenseitiger Kontakt zwischen den Menschen m\u00f6glich ist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirambady und Kokuvil sind nicht die einzigen Massaker, die stattgefunden haben. Am 22. Oktober wurden 29 Fischer und Fl\u00fcchtlinge in der Arali-Lagune massakriert, als sie versuchten, sich auf die Insel Kayts in Sicherheit zu bringen. Als ein IPKF-Hubschrauber begann, auf die f\u00fcnf Boote zu schie\u00dfen, die die Insel \u00fcberqueren wollten, hissten die Menschen wei\u00dfe Fahnen. Sie schrien weiter und hoben sogar einige Kinder hoch, um der Hubschrauberbesatzung zu zeigen, dass sie Zivilisten waren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohne dies zu beachten, schoss der Hubschrauber von 9:30 Uhr bis 10:30 Uhr weiter. Einigen gelang es, unter eine Br\u00fccke zu tauchen und ihr Leben zu retten, aber 29 Menschen starben auf der Stelle und viele andere starben im Krankenhaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am 24. Oktober griffen indische Hubschrauber die Ponnali-Br\u00fccke mit M\u00f6rserraketen an und t\u00f6teten vier Menschen, darunter ein Kind. Am 25. Oktober griffen indische Hubschrauber und Bomber den Marktplatz von Chavakachcheri an und t\u00f6teten 40 Menschen auf der Stelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Logik des indischen Soldaten ist einfach. Wenn du verwundet bist, musst du zur LTTE geh\u00f6ren und hast daher kein Recht zu \u00fcberleben. Wenn du gebildet bist, bist du verd\u00e4chtig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience of a lady teacher from Jaffna working in Colombo is particularly illustrative. She had returned to Jaffna just before October 10 to see her mother, who was very sick. IPKF soldiers came into her house and demanded her identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they were shown her degree certificate, they threatened to kill her, saying that she must be a Tiger. She managed to escape after a crowd had gathered in response to her wailing. When she returned to her Colombo school a week later, a teacher named Abu Youssuf of the same staff, a Stalinist leader in the Teachers\u2019 Union, said to her, \u201cI thought you got married to the IPKF.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 24 October, the Indian forces moving in heavy military vehicles along the KKS road towards Jaffna town started firing artillery from their tanks directly into the Kokuvil Hindu College buildings where people had taken refuge. All together 26 civilians taking refuge in one classroom was killed by these attacks. A further 14 injured civilians died without medical care while they were being taken to smaller hospitals. Among the 40 civilians killed in this attack is the Dean of Education Department of Jaffna University, Professor Chandrasekaram. Another 80 people were injured in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rasaih Panchalingam 43, \u00a0Rasaih Selvarani 37, \u00a0Ramu Rasu, Farmer 60, Nagaratnam Vijayaratnam 46, \u00a0Nadarasa Rasakumaran 44, \u00a0Nadarasa Rajeswari 24, Nadarasa Gunarani 35, Nadarasa Thamilselvi, Student 10, Nadarasa Sabeshkumar, Student 06, Nadarasa Ramathy, student 13, Nadesu Parameswari 51, Nallaih Pakiyam 50, Kandaih Sangarapillai, Retailer 65, Kanthavanam Maheswari 52, Kunabalasingam Pathmasri, Student 08, Paramu Thangamani, Home maker 24, Parameswaran, Manonmani 25, Parameswaran malini 01, Tharmalingam Nisanthan 02, Thuraisamy Kumarasamy, Retired 72, Thambirasa Nadarsa, Retired 61, Venugopal Mahathevan 41, Mahathevan Rasammah 28, Mahathevan Balamurugan, Students 09, Mahathevan Venukrishna, Students 07, Mahathevan Vigneswaran, Student 10, Annasingam Kamaladevi, Home maker 33, Periyathambi rassaih 30, Chandrasegaram, Professor 30, Selvanayagam manickaratnam, Retired 69, Sellar Thiraviyam 53, Suppiral Govindasamy, Retired 72, Sivaguru Sellathurai, Retired 85, Visvanathi Vijayaratnam, labourer 40..<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Indian Army continued its atrocities against the residents of the Kokuvil area after it was occupied on October 23. When the IPKF reached the Kokuvil junction, they simply directed cannonfire at the threestoried school building with almost a thousand refugees inside. The building simply collapsed, bringing immediate, painful death to 26, mostly women and children, and seriously injuring 76. Many of these people died within a few days. I was inside the premises when the building collapsed and shall never forget the terrible sight: the cannons blasting away, the bricks and cement falling, the building tottering a moment, with the hapless people crying out, their voices merging into deadly screams, and then finally the collapse. Among the debris in the dark, we ransacked for the survivors. Bodies had been blasted into pieces by cannonfire. That night, the dead lay silent and the wounded moaned and screamed, while the rest stayed stunned and shivering without being able to offer any help. A number of them suffered nervous breakdowns. One of my friends, a senior government officer, kept on telling me, \u2018Have all of us gone mad, or is it really happening?\u2019 But what was most shocking and revealing about the real intentions of the counterrevolutionary Indian regime was the reply that the injured and bereaved got from the officer in charge of the IPKF at Kokuvil. When informed of this heart-rending atrocity by a delegation, he simply said, \u2018Our forces mistook it to be an LTTE arms factory.\u2019 Then he gave some kerosene and ordered that the dead be burnt immediately, lest worse follow. The most seriously wounded were surreptitiously removed for medical treatment with the help of the LTTE cadre. There was no food at the camp. It is quite clear that the IPKF\u2019s \u201cpeace keeping\u201d was nothing other than the pacification of Jaffna in the style of any army of occupation. Its conscious aim was to punish the populace for their political support for the national liberation struggle and cow them with brute force. The IPKF succeeded in getting a large number of the residents to go into the camps. The condition in every camp was similar to what was seen at the Kokuvil Hindu College. Neither toilets nor water facilities were provided. Thousands of people were forced to squat for long nights without any room to stretch themselves. The figures given below of those killed by shellfire, though necessarily incomplete, provide a glimpse of the situation: * Seven deaths at the Chundukuli Girls College refugee camp. * One child and several grownups killed at the Osmania College refugee camp, Jaffna. * Seven killed at the Inuvil Pillayar Kovil Temple grounds, one at the Hindu Ladies College and several at the Kondavil Amman Kovil The Stalinists, CWC (Ceylon Workers Congress), LSSP, and all the revisionist groups had supported the Indian invasion, pretending in order to deceive the masses that the accord would secure some concessions to the Tamils. The Sri Lankan bourgeoisie invited the Indian Army into the island when it found that it was impossible to keep the working masses in check by itself. As no newspapers are being allowed in Jaffna, news spreads slowly. Even by word of mouth, it does not spread fast, as little mutual contact among people is possible due to the military occupation. Pirambady and Kokuvil are not the only massacres that took place. On October 22, 29 fishermen and refugees were massacred at Arali Lagoon, when they were trying to cross into Kayts Island for safety. When an IPKF helicopter started firing at the five boats that were crossing, the people put up white flags. They kept on shouting and even went to the extent of lifting up some children to show to the helicopter crew that they were civilians. Without heeding all this, the helicopter went on shooting from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. A few managed to dive under a bridge and save their lives, but 29 were killed on the spot and many others died in the hospital. On October 24, at Ponnali Bridge, Indian helicopters attacked with rocket mortars, killing four people including a child. On October 25, Indian helicopters and bombers attacked the Chavakachcheri market place, killing 40 people on the spot. The logic of the Indian soldier is simple. If you are wounded, you must be LTTE, and therefore you have no right to survive. If you are educated, you are suspected. The experience of a lady teacher from Jaffna working in Colombo is particularly illustrative. She had returned to Jaffna just before October 10 to see her mother, who was very sick. IPKF soldiers came into her house and demanded her identity. When they were shown her degree certificate, they threatened to kill her, saying that she must be a Tiger. She managed to escape after a crowd had gathered in response to her wailing. When she returned to her Colombo school a week later, a teacher named Abu Youssuf of the same staff, a Stalinist leader in the Teachers\u2019 Union, said to her, \u201cI thought you got married to the IPKF.\u201d On 24 October, the Indian forces moving in heavy military vehicles along the KKS road towards Jaffna town started firing artillery from their tanks directly into the Kokuvil Hindu College buildings where people had taken refuge. All together 26 civilians taking refuge in one classroom was killed by these attacks. A further 14 injured civilians died without medical care while they were being taken to smaller hospitals. Among the 40 civilians killed in this attack is the Dean of Education Department of Jaffna University, Professor Chandrasekaram. Another 80 people were injured in the attack. 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