
Tamil MP and family attacked at home
Batticaloa Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Mr Senathirajah Jeyananthamoorthy’s home came under attack by two rocket-propelled grenades on Friday, 21 July around 9.15 pm in Poompuhar, Batticaloa. Mr Jeyananthamoorthy, his wife, children and relatives barely escaped. The roof and windows were extensively damaged.
Mr Jeyananthamoorthy and his family have been under threat from the GoSL operated force, the Karuna group. An ‘office’ of the Karuna group is located close to his home. SLMM monitors visited his home the following morning. Other TNA parliamentarians have received serious death threats from various paramilitary groups and also the Sri Lankan armed forces. Recently Jaffna TNA parliamentarian S Kajendran came under threat while several attacks on his office by the SLA were carried out.
22 July 2006
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