Kfirs back on the Mullaitivu skies

Friday, 23 November 2012 

People in Mullaitivu and Pudukuduirippu were recently gripped by terror by the noise of aircraft that once dropped bombs on their lands. Sri Lanka Air Force Kfirs have flown in the skies in the Mullaitivu and Pudukuduirippu areas on the 19th.

The villagers were terrified since during the period of the war Kfirs used to fly low when they carried out air raids, which killed many of their loved ones.

Sicne the end of the war, Kafirs had first flown in the area on the 10th and on the 13th, which was Deepavali.

Then the Kfirs had flown again on the 19th. The aircrafts had flown in the skies in the areas of Mullaitivu, Pudukuduirippu, Kepapilaw and Anandapuram.

Teachers and students in schools in the area had run looking for shelter thinking there was going to be an air raid at the time.

A civilian from Mullaitivu said, “We were terrified. It reminded us of the air raids during the period of the war. We ran looking for safe grounds at the time. We were afraid for our children. We have experienced the fear of death. Why are we still being terrified?”

Security forces had later said it was training routine, but the villagers have said they were not issued any prior notice of it.