
Activities of GoSL operated forces – 22 July to 24 July
Trincomalee: N Suthakar (30) was shot dead by the Sri Lankan army (SLA) in Kinniya on Saturday, 22 July around 3.00 pm. Residents said police tried to accuse Suthakar of attacking them when they shot him. Suthakar is from Palamppadru. Shops in the area shut down following the shooting.
Trincomalee: Nagarajah Suntharalingam (34) was shot and killed by gunmen in Eachchilampattu on Monday, 24 July. Jaffna: Somasundaram Thirugnanasambanthar (45) was found dead with gunshot wounds in his shop in Karainagar. Witnesses stated that gunmen on a motorbike visited his shop, asked him for drinks and then shot him dead. His body was taken to Jaffna Teaching Hospital for postmortem examinations. Jaffna: Kandiah Thivakaran (21) and Jeyapragasam Jeyaraj (23) were found dead with gunshot wounds in Thirukovil on Monday, 24 July around 8.00 am. Thivakaran is a mason from Vinayagapuram and Jeyaraj is a labourer. Batticaloa: Kumaranayagam Sasikaran (23) and Manoharan Rajendran (22) were injured when GoSL operated forces shot them in Akkaraipattu near the Thirukovil Sithra Velauthar temple in Sunday, 23 July at midnight. Both men are tractor drivers.
25 July 2006
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