| Navaly church bombing | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | Navaly, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 09°42′40″N 79°59′16″E / 9.71111°N 79.98778°E |
| Date | 9 July 1995 (+6 GMT) |
| Target | Sri Lankan Tamils |
Attack type | Aerial bombardment |
| Weapons | Bomb |
| Deaths | 147 |
| Injured | Unknown but many |
| Perpetrators | Sri Lankan Air Force |
The Navaly Church bombing refers to the bombing of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly (or Navali) in the Jaffna Peninsula by the Sri Lankan Air Force during the Sri Lankan Civil War on 9 July 1995. It is estimated that at least 147 Tamil civilians, who had taken refuge from the fighting inside the church, died as a result of this incident. The victims included men, women and children.[1][2]
- ^ 1995 Human Rights report – South Asia Archived 20 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Somasundaram, D. (1997). "Abandoning Jaffna hospital: Ethical and moral dilemmas". Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 13 (4): 333–347. doi:10.1080/13623699708409357.