{"id":3550,"date":"2024-11-19T15:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:36:24","slug":"massacre-in-madhu-church-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/massacre-in-madhu-church-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Massaker in der Madhu-Kirche '99"},"content":{"rendered":"

Die LTT haben spektakul\u00e4re Erfolge gegen die Armee erzielt und die Hoffnungen von Pr\u00e4sidentin Chandrika Kumaratunga auf eine zweite Amtszeit bei den am 21. Dezember 1999 stattfindenden Wahlen zunichte gemacht. Tausende von Soldaten wurden get\u00f6tet und Millionen von Pfund von der Regierung ausgegeben, um das Gebiet zu erobern, das von den LTT in weniger als drei Wochen zur\u00fcckerobert wurde. (Operation \u201eUnaufh\u00f6rliche Wellen\u201c - 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Medienzensur wurde wieder eingef\u00fchrt, nachdem die LTT Anfang des Monats zehn Milit\u00e4rst\u00fctzpunkte erobert hatten, was einer der schlimmsten R\u00fcckschl\u00e4ge f\u00fcr die Armee seit Beginn des v\u00f6lkerm\u00f6rderischen Krieges gegen die Eelamtamilen war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am 20. November 1999 r\u00fcckten die SLAF durch den Wald auf die Kirche vor und feuerten st\u00e4ndig mit ihren Waffen. Dies f\u00fchrte dazu, dass die Menschen in den D\u00f6rfern, wie z.B. Palampuddi, ebenfalls in die Umgebung der Madhu-Kirche umgesiedelt wurden. Als die SLAFs eintrafen, zwangen sie alle Eelamtamilen, sich in die Kirche zu begeben. Um 21.45 Uhr begannen die SLAFs mit dem Beschuss. Zwei der Granaten fielen auf den Baum vor der Kirche. Die dritte Granate fiel auf die Kirche.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Der Angriff erfolgte am sp\u00e4ten Abend des 20. November, als die meisten der 3.000 Fl\u00fcchtlinge auf dem Kirchengel\u00e4nde schliefen. Es war die srilankische Armee, die einen pl\u00f6tzlichen Artillerieangriff startete, der zu einem Massenmord an unschuldigen Eelamtamilen f\u00fchrte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Der Angriff auf die Kirche ist besonders brisant, da das Heiligtum aus dem 17. Jahrhundert auf der ganzen Insel von Christen und Nichtchristen gleicherma\u00dfen verehrt wird, und zwar sowohl von Singhalesen als auch von Tamilen. Obwohl eine der Religionen in Sri Lanka der Buddhismus ist, str\u00f6men die Menschen von \u00fcberall auf der vom Krieg zerrissenen Insel herbei, um die Statue der Madonna vom Rosenkranz zu sehen, der wundersame Heilkr\u00e4fte nachgesagt werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verf\u00fcgbare Namen der Opfer (Name, Beruf, Alter) : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikkalasjud Yalini (Lehrerin 25), Sooriyakumar Suganthan (Landwirt 22), Inthiramohan Thadshajini (Sch\u00fclerin 13), Kalithasan Selvakumary (Hausfrau 22), Kiresu Selvarasa (Landwirt 39), Kunaveerasingham (Hausfrau 22), Kunaveerasingham Suganja 09, Tharmalingham Tharmaneethan (Sch\u00fcler 10), Tharmalingham Shanthakeethan (Kleinkind 04), Thisaiveerasingham Mathyrajah (Kleinkind 03), Muniyandi Uthayakumar (Landwirt 22), Muniyandi Selvam (Hausfrau 55), Selvarasa Nirajah (Sch\u00fcler 09), Selvarasa Rathan (Sch\u00fcler 12), Veluppillai Tharmalingham 44, Santhiramohan Papitharan (Sch\u00fcler 06), Santhiramohan Sujitharan (Sch\u00fcler 09), Santhiramohan Suthakaran (Sch\u00fcler 09), Santhiramohan Poomani (Hausfrau 61), Sivanantham Suganthini (Hausfrau 22), Sripaskaran Mainthini (Kleinkind 03), Egamparam Rameswary (Hausfrau 52), Variththamby Pavani (Studentin 17), Sathasivam Mannan 21, Sooriyakumar Suganthy (Hausfrau 23), Navaratnam Rajeswary (Hausfrau 58), Kanagaratnam Variththamby (Landwirt 54), Karunairasa Kapaskar (Sch\u00fcler 15), Karunairasa Theivanai (Hausfrau 49), Kunaveerasingham Logeswary ( Sch\u00fcler 10), Kunaveerasingham Suveniya (Sch\u00fcler 20), Thampappillai Thesaiveerasingham (Landwirt 46), Thesaiveerasingham Mathyrajah (Kleinkind 03), Thesaiveerasingham Ampigavathy (Hausfrau 37), Muthiah Sivanantham (Landwirt 26), Jeyaram Jeyaseelan (Sch\u00fcler 18).<\/p>\n\n\n

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The LTT have made spectacular gains against the army, dampening President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s hopes of winning a second term in elections due to be held on 21st December 1999. Thousands of soldiers were killed and millions of pounds spent by the government to capture the territory that has been retaken by the LTT in less than three weeks. (operation unceasing waves  – 3) Media censorship was reimposed after the LTT seized 10 military bases at the beginning of the month in what was one of the army’s worst setbacks since the start of the genocidal war on Eelamtamils. On 20th November 1999, the SLAFs were advancing through the forest towards the church and continually firing their weapons. As a result, people in the villages, such as Palampuddi, also displaced to the surroundings of Madhu church. When the SLAFs arrived they forced all the Eelamtamils to go to the church. At 9.45 pm the SLAFs started shelling. Two of the shells fell on the \u00a0tree in front of the church. The third shell fell on the church. The attack happened late on th night of 20th November, when most of the 3,000 refugees were sleeping in the church compound.  It was the Sri Lankan army which launched a sudden artillery attack, causing the mass slaughter of innocent Eelamtamils.  The attack on the church is particularly sensitive because the 17th-century shrine is revered across the Island by Christians and non-Christians alike, and by both the Sinhalese and the Tamils. Even though, one of the religion in Sri Lanka is Buddhism, people flock from around the war-torn island to see the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is said to have miraculous healing powers. Available names of victims (name, occupation, age) : Nikkalasjud Yalini (Teacher 25),  Sooriyakumar Suganthan (Farmer 22), Inthiramohan Thadshajini (Student 13),  Kalithasan Selvakumary (House wife 22),  Kiresu Selvarasa (Farmer 39), Kunaveerasingham (House wife 22),  Kunaveerasingham Suganja 09,  Tharmalingham Tharmaneethan (Student 10), Tharmalingham Shanthakeethan (Infant 04), Thisaiveerasingham Mathyrajah  (Infant 03), Muniyandi Uthayakumar (Farmer 22),  Muniyandi Selvam (House wife 55), Selvarasa Nirajah (Student 09),  Selvarasa Rathan (Student 12),  Veluppillai Tharmalingham 44, Santhiramohan Papitharan (Student 06),  Santhiramohan Sujitharan (Student 09), Santhiramohan Suthakaran (Student 09), Santhiramohan Poomani (House wife 61), Sivanantham Suganthini (House wife 22), Sripaskaran Mainthini (Infant 03), Egamparam Rameswary (House wife 52), Variththamby Pavani (Student 17),  Sathasivam Mannan 21, Sooriyakumar Suganthy (House wife 23), Navaratnam Rajeswary (House wife 58), Kanagaratnam Variththamby (Farmer 54), Karunairasa Kapaskar (Student 15),  Karunairasa Theivanai (House wife 49), Kunaveerasingham Logeswary (Student 10), Kunaveerasingham Suveniya (Student 20), Thampappillai Thesaiveerasingham (Farmer 46), Thesaiveerasingham Mathyrajah (Infant 03), Thesaiveerasingham Ampigavathy (House wife 37),  Muthiah Sivanantham (Farmer 26),  Jeyaram Jeyaseelan (Student 18).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_view_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[364,505,551,560,562,561],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genocide","tag-30sec2remember-2","tag-church","tag-genocidearchives","tag-madhu","tag-refugees","tag-unceasingwaves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550","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=3550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3555,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions\/3555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}