The TULF took another blow when
the vice-president of its Jaffna branch, S.
Namasivayam, was brutally hacked to death near
his home close to the Vyravar Temple in the
military controlled area of the Jaffna town at
about noon on Friday, reports from the north
said.Namasivayam, who
was also secretary of the Jaffna District
Traders' Association, had cycled to his home at
Ottumadam for lunch when a group of assailants
who had been lying in wait attacked him with
cutting instruments. Death had been almost
instantaneous.
In his capacity of secretary of
the traders' association, Namasivayam had
frequent dealing with the military. He had also
closed his shop as a mark of respect to former
Mayor Sarojini Yogeswaran who was also murdered,
northern residents said. The Tigers are widely
believed to be the killers.
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President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is
helped into an academic gown before
Wednesday's Sabaragamuwa University
Convocation by Mrs. Sunethra Siriwardena
of the university's academic staff.
(Pic by Saranapala Pamunuwa) |
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