Nagerkovil school bombing
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Nagerkovil school bombing
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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. 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 th
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1995 Sri Lankan Air Force airstrike of a civilian school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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2024-04-21T06:01:24Z
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