Kumudhini's Wanni nightmare

A tale of the time by Jacinta Cruz and Susan Mathai

We had the rare privilege, and indeed a sad one too, to meet one of LTTE's teenage suicide bombers who managed to escape from the claws of the Wanni Tigers along with her friend. An orphan from the age of nine, she had the misfortune to become a resident of one of the Chencholai orphanages when she was forcibly removed from her uncle's home after both her parents died under tragic circumstances.

Even at that age she was subjected to the Prabhakaran cult orientation day in and day out and also encouraged to take up to combat training with no other options given to her. Fortunately, Kumudhini reflected with tears welling in her eyes, she has no siblings even though there were her uncle's children much older than her.

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