Civilian shot injured within SLA HSZ

[TamilNet, Saturday, 31 March 2007, 01:46 GMT]
Two unidentified armed men on a motorbike followed a family man cycling along Palaly road at Punnalikaduvan area in Valigamam and shot him Friday morning. The seriously injured man was unattended on the roadside and was taken by local residents to Jaffna Teaching Hospital around 12:45 p.m. The incident occurred within the High Security Zone (HSZ) of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and close to Palaly SLA main base, sources in Jaffna said.

The victim was identified as N. Krishnarajah, 38, of Old Police Station Road in Chunnakam.

Krishnarajah still remains in a critical stage, hospital sources said.