The Sri Lankan, Navy, Army and the Air Force staged a combined attack on the Eelamtamil settlements in the village of Muthur East in Thirukonamalai district for more than four hours on 25 April 2006. Crushed bodies of twelve civilians were found at the end of the attack. Among the victims were three children aged 4, 15 and 16.   

3000 families from Muthur east displaced after this attack and among those who displaced are 25 Eelamtamils injured by the combined attack by all three forces. This was the first aerial bombing carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force since the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 2002. SLMM and UNICEF 

Available names: Gnanasekaram Renukaran 23, K Selvarani 32, Meiyan 34, Meiyan Kishanthan 04, Nagiah Rukmani 49, Navarathnam Ranjithamalar 56, Pathiniyan Nagamma 67, Tharmalingam Sureshrooban 23, Thuraiappa Ratheesh 15, Varathan Rajkumar 16, Veerapathiran Pagawathipillai 67, Vilirasa Mayooran 21.    

 (NESOHR)

Source: https://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17927