Youth shot dead near Urani SLA camp

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 01:18 GMT]
Unidentified armed gunmen riding a motorbike shot and killed Jeyaraj Suthaharan, 24, at Urani within the Batticaloa police division Tuesday afternoon, Batticaloa police said. The youth's body is lying in the Batticalao General Hospital, hospital sources said.

Suthaharan was cycling from Batticaloa to his home in Thiraimadu when he was shot close to the Urani SLA camp eye witness said.

Batticaloa police are conducting further inquiries.