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Srilankan army have once again targetted school childrens travelling on the bus and killed 17 people including schoolchildrens in mannar.

within one year this is second time happend in mannar.

Soldiers Shot at Mannar Bus Passengers after Landmine Attack

May 1st, 2007

By D.B.S Jeyaraj
Disturbing information has come to light that soldiers in civilian attire were responsible for shooting passengers and crew of a private bus going from Mannar to Colombo on Monday April 23rd at Chettikulam.
Seven persons comprising the driver, conductor and five passengers were killed and a further thirty - seven injured in the incident.
The private bus named ?Kapilan? had left Mannar for Colombo at about 9.00 pm fully packed with passengers. The bus was going along the Mannar - Medawachiya road when a claymore mine went off .
The incident occurred near Manik farm in the Chettikulam area about 125 metres away from where an army detachment was stationed.
The bus was hit but the driver managed to drive the tottering vehicle several yards forward and then stopped.

Evan as passengers both Tamil and Muslim were shouting in panic a gang of armed men in civilian clothing boarded the vehicle and sprayed it with bullets.
The bus driver, conductor and five passengers including an engineer were killed in the incident. A further thirty - seven were seriously injured.
The assassins had then gone off in the direction of the security forces camp.
While some people were injured in the landmine attack most of the victims received injuries in the shooting. The deaths too were due to shooting.
Though news reports said all victims were a result of the claymore mine explosion there is now information available that the shooting caused most damage.
Given the proximity of the security camp and eye - witness reports that the assassins had walked towards the camp instead of fleeing soldiers in civils are suspected of being responsible for both the landmine and subsequent shooting.

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sinhala racisit government have killed over 300,000 tamils and continue to kill 10-30 tamil civilians a day , they wanted to wipe out all tamil civilians.
its time now LTTE take right actions.
it is second time within one year civilians travelling on bus targetted in mannar alone by this militaric government.