
One killed, one injured in Jaffna in two separate shooting by SLA-paramilitary
At 12.15 pm on 23 April, at Irupalai Junction in Jaffna, driver of three-wheeler, Kurunathan Janarthanan (23) of Kaddaipirai was shot and killed by paramilitary members on motorbike who escaped past a SLA checkpoint just 50 metres from the spot.
On their way, gunmen also hijacked a motorbike, from a civilian at gunpoint, when their own motorbike broke down. Someone later retrieved the broken down motorbike belonging to the gunmen. In another incident, SLA stationed at the Nachchimarkovil junction in Jaffna opened fire at 7.00 pm on 23 April on the passersby. One man, S Gajendran (25), traveling in a vehicle was injured in the shooting.
24 April 2006
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