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Line 1: {{Short description\|Sri Lankan murder victim (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person Line 14 ⟶ 15: \| parents = Rassammah and Kumaraswamy }} '''Krishanti Kumaraswamy''' ({{~~lang-~~langx\|ta\|கிருஷாந்தி குமாரசுவாமி}}), also spelled '''Krishanthi Kumaraswamy''', was a [[Sri Lankan Tamil\|Tamil]] woman in [[Sri Lanka]] who was raped and murdered on 7 September 1996 by six [[Sri Lankan Army]] soldiers; the effort to bring her assailants to justice became a [[cause célèbre]] as a part of the protest against [[war crimes\|atrocities]] committed by the Sri Lankan Army during the [[Sri Lankan civil war\|Sri Lankan Civil War]]. ==Background== Krishanti Kumaraswamy was student of [[Chundikuli Girls High School]], studying [[General Certificate of Education\|GCE Advanced Level]], after passing the Ordinary Level exam with seven distinctions. Her mother Rasamma was the principal of Kaithady Maha Vithyalayam. Her father had died in 1984. Her elder sister Prashanthi was studying in [[Colombo]]. Pranavan her younger brother was student of St.Johns College Jaffna had given his G.C.E (O/L) exams. Her neighbor Kirupakaran had got married just 6 months ago. Her family lived in [[Kaithady]].<ref name="TN">{{cite web \| url=https://tamilnation.org/indictment/rape/960907krishanthi.htm \| title=Gang Rape of Krishanthi Kumaraswamy by Sri Lanka security forces \| publisher=Tamil Nation \| accessdate=28 June 2021}}</ref> Line 80 ⟶ 81: [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:Gang rape in Sri Lanka]] [[Category:Sexual violence in the Sri Lankan ~~Civil~~civil ~~War~~war]] [[Category:People murdered in Sri Lanka]] [[Category:Sri Lankan Hindus]] Line 86 ⟶ 87: [[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil people]] [[Category:1996 murders in Sri Lanka]] [[Category:Violence against women in Sri Lanka]]