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Madhu school bus bombing
Mannar District within Sri Lanka
LocationMadhu, Mannar, Sri Lanka
DateJanuary 29, 2008
14:30[1] (UTC+5:30)
Attack type
Remote bombing
WeaponsClaymore Mine
Deaths17 ( 6 Adults and 11 School Children)[2]
Injured14
PerpetratorSri Lankan Army’s deep penetration unit[3][4]

The Madhu School bus bombing, also known as Thadchanamadhu claymore attack, was the bombing of a school bus carried out on January 29, 2008, in rebel LTTE controlled area in Thadchanamadhu in Mannar, Northern province of Sri Lanka. The bombing killed 17 Tamils, including 11 school children, and injured at least 14 more people. The LTTE and NESHOR accused the Sri Lankan Army ’s deep penetration unit for the attack but the Army denied the allegations. This attack was the second attack on a civilian bus in the month of January in Sri Lanka[5][6][7][3]

  1. ^ B. Muralidhar Reddy (2008-01-30). "11 schoolchildren killed in Sri Lanka". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
  2. ^ Mathew N. Schmalz (9 January 2015). "A Pilgrimage to Madhu: A personal look at Sri Lanka's holiest shrine". America Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Collection of NESoHR's Human Rights Reports" (PDF). Tamilnet. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Impunity Reigns in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Pearl Action. p. 49. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Civilians pay dearly".
  6. ^ "20 killed, 14 wounded, SLA attacks bus carrying school children in Madu". Tamilnet. 4 August 2017.
  7. ^ Frances Harrison (6 September 2012). Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Hidden War. Granta Publications. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-1-84627-471-8. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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