In the first criminal prosecution of its type, the Colombo High Court sentenced to death six soldiers and a reserve policeman found guilty of the September 1996 murders of Jaffna schoolgirl Krishanthy Kumarasamy and her mother, teenage brother and neighbor. Five of the accused were also convicted of the rape of Krishanthy, and three were found guilty of abduction.
Source
Human Rights Watch World Report: Sri Lanka, 1999; Gaps in the Krishanthy Kumarasamy Case: Disappearances & Accountability, UTHR, 28 April 1999;
Quotation
“Like many Tamil civilians ‘disappeared’ in security force operations, Krishanthy was abducted from a military checkpoint; her family members and neighbor who attempted to find her were taken from the same checkpoint later that day.” Human Rights Watch World Report: Sri Lanka, 1999.
