STF commando commits suicide in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Friday, 27 March 2009, 11:42 GMT]
A Special Task Force (STF) commando on road patrol in an area in Batticaloa police division shot himself to death Thursday, sources in Batticaloa said. The commando had lunch at an eatery at Thaa’ndavanve’li junction before killing himself with his own weapon in the evening, the sources added.

The victim was identified as U. S. B. Dissanayake, 25, attached Oo’ra’ni STF camp.

Dissnayake’s body is kept in Batticaloa Hospital mortuary.

The reason for the suicide is not known.