Global InformationNagerkovil school bombing information
| Nager Kovil school bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
  | |
| Location | Nagar Kovil, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 9°42′02″N 80°18′31″E / 9.70056°N 80.30861°E |
| Date | September 22, 1995 (+6 GMT) |
| Target | Sri Lankan Tamils |
Attack type | Aerial bombardment |
| Weapons | Bomb |
| Deaths | 71 [1][2] |
| Injured | 150 [3] |
| Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Airforce[4] |
The Nager Kovil school bombing refers to an airstrike that took place on September 22, 1995, when the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed the Nagar Kovil Maha Vidyalayam school in Jaffna, resulting in the death of, by varying accounts, 34-71 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians, primarily schoolchildren and the injury of many more.[5][6][7][8][3] Sri Lankan Defense Spokesman admitted the incident but claimed that it was a LTTE facility and most of the dead were LTTE cadres. Journalists and human rights organizations reported the imposition of censorship and the airstrike took place about 12 hours after the Government imposed press censorship on reporting military events.[9][10]
- ^ "Nagarkovil school bombing remembered 20 years on". Tamil Guardian. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Nagerkoil School bombed under cover of press censorship - 22 September 1995". Tamil Nation. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Sri Lanka 17 years of humanitarian action" (PDF). Médecins Sans Frontières. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Remembering Nagarkovil". Tamil Guardian. 26 September 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1994). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 559. ISBN 978-0-10-681264-6. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives (1997). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Representatives. Commonwealth Government Printer. p. 7323. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Nagarkovil school remembers victims of 1995 bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force". Tamil Guardian. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Clara Tran (12 Oct 2015). "Six years after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, Tamils in Jaffna still struggling to rebuild their lives". ABC. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "SRI LANKA:CIVILIAN WELL-BEING IN A TIME OF WAR: A LOST HOPE?". UTHR. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Human Rights Development - Sri Lanka". HRW. Retrieved 2006-01-11.