In memory of the 53 Tamil schoolgirls who were killed in the Sencholai massacre, a private tuition centre in Mullaitivu has christened its classrooms after their names.
As the anniversary of the bombing by the Sri Lankan air force of a building that housed a children’s home is being commemorated across the Tamil homeland and abroad, the tuition centre conducted the event of opening up the name boards of each class on Friday.
The event was attended by several guests including former Vanni MP Sivapragasam Sivamohan.
Parents and relatives also turned up to inaugurate the opening of classrooms that were named after their children who perished in the carnage.
The Sencholai massacre was bombing committed during the ceasefire by the Sri Lankan state. Though Colombo initially denied responsibility for the bombing, it later attempted to claim the schoolgirls were “terrorists”.
To this day, there has been no accountability for the deaths of the schoolgirls and their teachers.
