{"id":3847,"date":"2026-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:04:54","slug":"may-13-2009-hospital-shelled-again-by-sla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/may-13-2009-hospital-shelled-again-by-sla\/","title":{"rendered":"13. Mai 2009 \u2013 Krankenhaus erneut von der SLA beschossen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Siebzehn Jahre sp\u00e4ter f\u00e4llt das Datum wieder auf einen Mittwoch \u2013 genau wie im Jahr 2009.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eWenn man das Krankenhaus sah und die Zivilisten weinen h\u00f6rte, hatte man das Gef\u00fchl, dass nur noch das Schlimmste bevorstand\u201c, berichtete ein leitender Mitarbeiter des provisorischen Krankenhauses in Mullivaikkal am Mittwoch (13.05.2009) gegen\u00fcber den Medien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bei einem Artillerieangriff der sri-lankischen Armee (SLA) auf das Krankenhausgel\u00e4nde \u2013 das fr\u00fcher eine Grundschule war \u2013 und die umliegende Gegend, in der sich zahlreiche Planenh\u00fctten befanden, wurden mehr als 100 Zivilisten get\u00f6tet, darunter viele Kinder, Patienten, ein Mitglied des medizinischen Personals, ein ehrenamtlicher Arzt und ein Mitarbeiter des IKRK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Das Krankenhaus hatte mit einem Mangel an medizinischem Personal zu k\u00e4mpfen, da die Einrichtung zu einem Hauptziel der SLA geworden war, die sie innerhalb von f\u00fcnf Tagen bereits zum dritten Mal ins Visier genommen hatte. Die Zivilbev\u00f6lkerung litt unter Hunger und lebte in Bunkern, w\u00e4hrend die von der SLA von beiden K\u00fcstenenden abgefeuerten Kugeln durch die sogenannte \"No Fire Zone\" zischten, die von der SLA unter v\u00f6lliger Missachtung der Genfer Konventionen in ein Schlachtfeld verwandelt worden war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viele der Opfer waren Kinder, sagten die \u00c4rzte. Rund 40 der am Mittwoch Schwerverletzten waren Kinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 480;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mothers-struggling-with-wounded-children-after-SLA-barrage.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">M\u00fctter k\u00e4mpfen nach dem SLA-Beschuss um ihre verletzten Kinder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es lagen keine Berichte \u00fcber Opfer au\u00dferhalb des Krankenhausgel\u00e4ndes vor, da die Stra\u00dfe weiterhin durch Fahrzeuge blockiert war, die unter Granatenbeschuss und Gewehrfeuer in Richtung S\u00fcden fuhren. Erste Sch\u00e4tzungen gingen von 200 bis 500 Toten innerhalb der letzten 24 Stunden aus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Innerhalb der Sicherheitszone befanden sich mehr als 2.000 Schwerverletzte. Etwa 1.000 dieser Patienten ben\u00f6tigten eine dringende Behandlung, doch es standen keine Medikamente zur Verf\u00fcgung, sagten die \u00c4rzte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An diesem Tag mussten rund 250 Schwerverletzte versorgt werden. Nur wenige konnten behandelt werden, da der Beschuss durch die SLA das Krankenhaus lahmlegte und das medizinische Personal sowie die Patienten dazu zwang, in Bunkern Schutz zu suchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3850\" src=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_04.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3851\" src=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_02.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3852\" src=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/13_05_09_hospital_01.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viele der Verwundeten starben, bevor das Schiff des IKRK sie evakuieren konnte. Das Schiff des IKRK kehrte zum zweiten Mal in Folge leer in den Hafen von Trincomalee zur\u00fcck, da heftige K\u00e4mpfe die Evakuierung der Verwundeten verhinderten. Das Schiff konnte zudem rund 25 Tonnen Lebensmittel und andere lebenswichtige G\u00fcter nicht entladen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drei\u00dfig der 100 Leichen wurden identifiziert und von Angeh\u00f6rigen abgeholt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Der get\u00f6tete freiwillige Arzt wurde als Senthilkumaran identifiziert. Ein Mitarbeiter des Krankenhauses, Gopalakrishnan, kam ebenfalls ums Leben. Der get\u00f6tete IKRK-Mitarbeiter wurde als Mayuran Sivagurunathan identifiziert. Auch seine Mutter wurde bei dem Beschuss durch die SLA get\u00f6tet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In der Umgebung des provisorischen Krankenhauses lagen noch immer 75 Leichen, sowohl identifizierte als auch nicht identifizierte. Einige Angeh\u00f6rige gaben an, dass sie die Leichen unter den gegebenen Umst\u00e4nden nicht in Empfang nehmen k\u00f6nnten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bei dem Angriff wurden auch Krankenwagen zerst\u00f6rt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 480;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Makeshift-hospital-ward-after-SLA-shelling.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Behelfsm\u00e4\u00dfige Krankenstation nach dem Beschuss durch die SLA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Quelle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/art.html?catid=13&amp;artid=29351\">https:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/art.html?catid=13&amp;artid=29351<\/a><\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen years later, the date falls on a Wednesday once again \u2014 just as it did in 2009. \u201cLooking at the hospital and hearing the civilians cry, you felt only disaster,\u201d a key medical staff member at Mullivaikkal makeshift hospital told media on Wednesday (13.05.2009). More than 100 civilians, including many children, patients, a medical staff member, a voluntary doctor and an ICRC worker, were killed in a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery attack that targeted the hospital premises, which was a junior school, and the surrounding area that comprised many tarpaulin huts. The hospital struggled with only a few medical staff as the medical facility had become a prime target for the SLA, which had targeted it for the third time within five days. Civilians struggled with starvation and lived under bunkers as bullets fired by the SLA from two coastal ends whizzed across the so-called No Fire Zone, which had been turned into a killing field by the SLA, completely disregarding the Geneva Conventions. Many of the victims were children, the doctors said. Around 40 of the critically wounded on Wednesday were children. No reports were available on casualties outside the hospital premises as the road remained congested with vehicles moving southwards amid shelling and gunfire overhead. Initial estimates varied from 200 to 500 killed within the previous 24 hours. There were more than 2,000 seriously injured inside the safety zone. Around 1,000 of these patients required urgent treatment, but there were no medicines available, the doctors said. Around 250 critically wounded people had to be treated on that day. Only a few were treated as the SLA barrage destabilised the hospital, forcing the medical staff and patients to seek shelter under bunkers. Many of the wounded had to die before the ICRC ship managed to evacuate them. The ICRC ship returned to the Trincomalee port empty for the second consecutive day as heavy fighting prevented the evacuation of the wounded. The vessel was also unable to unload some 25 metric tonnes of food and other essential items. Thirty of the 100 dead bodies were identified and taken over by relatives. The volunteer doctor killed was identified as Senthilkumaran. A hospital staff member, Gopalakrishnan, was also killed. The slain ICRC worker was identified as Mayuran Sivagurunathan. His mother was also killed in the shelling by the SLA. There were still 75 dead bodies, both identified and unidentified, in the vicinity of the makeshift hospital. Some relatives said they were unable to take over the bodies under the prevailing circumstances. Ambulances were also destroyed in the attack. Source: https:\/\/www.tamilnet.com\/art.html?catid=13&amp;artid=29351<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_view_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[62,637,80,263],"class_list":["post-3847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-genocide","tag-may-13","tag-mullivaikkal","tag-mullivaikkal-genocide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847","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=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3858,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions\/3858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/30sec2remember.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}