Sri Lanka Army kills Tamil businessman in Kiliveddy

[TamilNet, Saturday, 05 August 2006, 13:42 GMT]
A Tamil businessman in Kiliveddy village in Muttur division was shot and killed by the Sri Lanka Army Friday evening. SLA soldiers shot the businessman around 6:30 p.m. when he closed his business and approached the main road. The victim, Kaththamuthu Perinaparasa, 65, had been a leading businessmen in the village, civil sources said.

Mr. Kaththamuthu Perinaparasa's business establishment is located close to Kiliveddy Maha Vidiyalyam where around ten thousand displaced Tamil civilians following indiscriminate artillery fire aerial attack by the Sri Lanka Army.