Global InformationMullivaikkal Hospital bombings information
| Mullivaikkal Hospital bombing | |
|---|---|
 Mullaitivu district shown within Sri Lanka | |
| Location | Mullivaikal, Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 9°18′36″N 80°47′14″E / 9.31000°N 80.78722°E |
| Date | 23 April through 12 May 2009 |
Attack type | Artillery fire, and aerial attack |
| Weapons | Artillery, aircraft fire |
| Deaths | >100 |
| Injured | >100 |
| Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Airforce and Sri Lankan army |
Mullivaikal Hospital was a makeshift hospital located in the Safe Zone in northern Sri Lanka. An alleged[1] series of shellings and aerial attacks began on 23 April 2009 when the Mullivaikal Hospital was hit by three artillery shells.[2] It continued on 28 and 29 April when the Mullivaikkal Primary Health Center was hit multiple times over two days with six killed and many injured including one medical staffer.[2] On the 29th and the 30th the Mullivaikal Hospital was again hit multiple times with nine more killed and fifteen injured.[2] There were two attacks against the Mullivaikal Hospital on 2 May, one at 9 a.m. and a second at 10.30 a.m. resulting in sixty-eight killed and eighty-seven wounded, including medical staffers.[2][3][4][5] On the morning of 12 May 2009 it was hit by an artillery mortar, killing at least forty-nine patients and injuring more than fifty others. All of these attacks were allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army; however, the Sri Lankan Government denied the allegation stating there is no evidence.[1][6][7][8]
At the time of the last bombing, Red Cross was scheduled to ship around 2,000 of the patients out of the Safe Zone over the next couple of days, according to Tamilnet.[9]
- ^ a b Senior Sri Lankan officials made repeated public statements denying that the GSL was shelling the NFZ or targeting hospitals and was not responsible for any civilian casualties. (State 2009, p. 3)
- ^ a b c d "Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes". Human Rights Watch. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ "Hospital 'hit by Sri Lankan army'". BBC News. 2 May 2009.
- ^ Paton Walsh, Nick (2 May 2009). "Sri Lankan army hits hospital". Channel 4 News.
- ^ "64 civilians killed in Sri Lanka hospital attack". Daily Telegraph. London. 2 May 2009.
- ^ "49 patients killed as shell hits Lanka hospital". The Times of India. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ "Doctor says 49 killed in Sri Lanka hospital attack". The Guardian. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ "Sri Lanka war zone hospital 'hit'". BBC News. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ "SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred". TamilNet. 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009.