Owner
of a vehicle repair facility in Dutch Road, Chavakacheri in Thenmaradchy
district was shot dead by two gunmen riding in a motorbike at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, sources said. The body has been transferred to Jaffna Teaching
Hospital for postmortem examinations. Mylvaganam Thavarajah, 28, was
on his way to open his garage located near the Chavakachcheri District Court
when he was shot. He was earlier arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and
threatened following a claymore attack near the Chavakachcheri Court
premises and was released. The killing has raised fears of renewed activity
by SLA and collaborating paramilitary death squads in Thenmaradchy, civil
society sources said.
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