2ND LEAD (Correction)

Two masons shot in Eravur

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 November 2005, 08:57 GMT]
An unidentified assailant shot and wounded two masons, Mr. Ganeshamoorthy Chandrakumar,20, and Mr Navaratnarajah Kannan, 24, in Vantharumoolai in Eravur, 18 km north of Batticaloa. The incident took place around 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Chandrakumar was talking to his neighbour and co-worker Kannan when the assailant entered his house.

The gunman fled from the scene in a motorbike after firing gunshots at them, sources said.

The wounded persons were rushed to Batticaloa Hospital.

Eravur Police is conducting investigations into the incident.