{"id":3460,"date":"2024-11-12T18:57:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2024-11-12T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:00:09","slug":"kurunagar-church-1993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/kurunagar-church-1993\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirche von Kurunagar `1993"},"content":{"rendered":"

Am 13.11.1993 wurde die Kirche von Kurunagar von SLAF-Jets bombardiert. Dieser Bombenangriff wurde von den f\u00fchrenden Politikern der Welt verurteilt. Die S\u00e4ulen, die die Haupthalle st\u00fctzen, wurden in St\u00fccke gerissen und werden noch heute in der N\u00e4he des Altars aufbewahrt. Au\u00dferdem wurde in der N\u00e4he des Eingangs der Kirche ein Denkmal f\u00fcr die Opfer des Bombenangriffs errichtet. Zehn Menschen wurden get\u00f6tet und weitere 25 wurden verletzt. Die Kirche wurde schwer besch\u00e4digt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vor und nach dem Bombenanschlag auf die Kirche wurde eine Reihe von Bombenanschl\u00e4gen gemeldet. Am 12. November 1993 wurde das Bezirkssekretariat von Yaalppanam (auch als Kachcheri bekannt) bombardiert und der Bezirkssekret\u00e4r (auch als Regierungsvertreter oder GA bekannt) wurde ebenfalls verletzt. Am Abend desselben Tages, an dem die Bombenanschl\u00e4ge auf die Kirche ver\u00fcbt wurden, wurde das Nanthavil Amman Koyil in Kokuvil bombardiert und am n\u00e4chsten Tag, dem 14. November 1993, das Vairavar Koyil in Varany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Der letztgenannte Tempel wurde vollst\u00e4ndig zerst\u00f6rt. Mehrere Eelamtamilen wurden verletzt und mehrere H\u00e4user in der N\u00e4he wurden ebenfalls besch\u00e4digt. Am 14. November 1993, dem Tag nach dem Bombenanschlag auf die Kirche, wurden auch Bomben im Umkreis von 50 Metern um den Eingang des Allgemeinen Krankenhauses von Yaalppanam abgeworfen, das in der Hochsicherheitszone des Krankenhauses liegt. Krankenh\u00e4user in Killinochchi und Mulliawalai wurden am 15. November 1993 bombardiert.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Am 3. Dezember 1993 fand ein stiller Protestmarsch der \u00f6rtlichen Bev\u00f6lkerung statt, der von der Kirche zum B\u00fcro des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz (IKRK) und zum Bezirkssekretariat f\u00fchrte. Ein Teilnehmer erinnerte sich, dass einige Demonstranten ihre M\u00fcnder mit schwarzen T\u00fcchern bedeckt und Transparente getragen hatten. Am Abend des Protesttages wurden erneut Gebiete in der N\u00e4he der Kirche bombardiert, was zum Tod von mindestens acht Eelamtamilen, zu Verletzungen vieler anderer und zur Besch\u00e4digung von Gesch\u00e4ften f\u00fchrte. Ein Kirchenf\u00fchrer sagte, dass am Abend des 3. Dezember nach dem Protest eine Granate in sein Haus gefallen sei.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Verf\u00fcgbare Namen von Eelamtamilen, die in der Kirche von Kurunagar get\u00f6tet wurden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mery Jeyaseeli Thasiyas, Hausfrau 50, Anton Anchsala, Hausfrau 40, Kuroos Akkines Rentner 60, JohnLooththu Seviyar, Arbeiter 45, Aarokianathar Silvan Sajeevan, Sch\u00fcler 18, Anton Puspaleela, Hausfrau 41, Mery Sinthuya Mathuranayakam, Kleinkind - 2 \u00bd, Singarasa Jujin Kamalitta, Studentin 15, Kabirial Anton, Fischer, 48, Akkines Kurusupillai 80, Mery Vennila Antonipillai, Lehrerin 27, Singarayar Jani Kanoji, Sch\u00fclerin 08.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 13.11.1993 kurunagar church was bombed by SLAF jets. This bombing was condemned by the world leaders. The pillars supporting the main hall were broken to smithereens and they are kept even today near the altar. A memorial was also built for those killed in the bombing near the entrance to the church. Ten people were killed and more 25 were injured. The church was badly damaged. A series of bombing have been reported before and after the church bombing. On 12th November 1993, the District Secretariat of Yaalppanam (also known as the Kachcheri) was bombed and the District Secretary (also known as the Government Agent or GA) was also injured. On the evening of the same day of the church bombing, the Nanthavil Amman Koyil at Kokuvil had been bombed and on the next day, 14th November 1993, the Vairavar Koyil at Varany had been bombed. The latter temple was completely destroyed. Several Eelamtamils had been injured and several houses nearby had also been damaged. Bombs were also dropped within 50 metres of the Yaalppanam General Hospital entrance, situated within the Hospital high security zone, on 14th November 1993, the day after the church bombing. Hospitals in Killinochchi and Mulliawalai had been bombed on 15th November 1993.\u00a0\u00a0 A silent protest march was held by local people on 3rd December 1993, starting from the church to the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and District Secretariat. One participant recalled that some protesters had covered their mouths in black cloths and carried banners. Areas nearby the church was again subjected to aerial bombing on the evening of the day the protest was held, leading to deaths of at least 8 Eelamtamils , injuries to many others and damages to shops. One church leader said that a shell had fallen in his house on the evening of 3rd December after the protest.\u00a0 Available names of Eelamtamils who were killed in Kurunagar church : Mery Jeyaseeli Thasiyas, House wife 50,\u00a0 Anton Anchsala, House wife 40, Kuroos Akkines Pensioner 60, \u00a0JohnLooththu Seviyar, Worker 45, \u00a0Aarokianathar Silvan Sajeevan, Student 18, \u00a0Anton Puspaleela, House wife 41, Mery Sinthuya Mathuranayakam, Infant – 2 \u00bd, \u00a0Singarasa Jujin Kamalitta, Student 15, Kabirial Anton, Fisherman, 48, Akkines Kurusupillai 80, Mery Vennila Antonipillai, Teacher 27, \u00a0Singarayar Jani Kanoji, Student 08.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_view_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[538,505,539,536,537,522],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-bombing","tag-church","tag-eelamtamils-2","tag-kurunagar","tag-slaf","tag-yaalppanam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3468,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions\/3468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}