Trinco Students' funeral to be held Thursday
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 January 2006, 17:10 GMT]
Funerals of the five Tamil students killed by Sri Lanka armed forces on Tuesday will
take place together on Thursday morning in the Trincomalee Hindu
Cemetery. Bodies of the students are now kept in their respective houses
for Trincomalee residents to pay last respects. The bodies will be brought to Trincomalee Sri
Koneswara Hindu College on Thursday morning around 9 a.m., sources said.
The bodies will be placed on the open-air stage in the college premises for
public viewing, sources said. Provincial education
ministry officials, principals, teachers and students are expected to participate in a condolence meeting, College officials said. A committee has been formed to organize the funeral. All five bodies will be taken in a procession from the college
through Post Office Road, Power House Road, Thirugnansamapanthar Road and
Madathady to the Hindu Cemetery, sources said. Meanwhile, bodies of the students were handed over to their parents
Tuesday evening after postmortem examination held in the Trincomalee
general hospital. The postmortem report would be submitted to the
Trincomalee Magistrate who is to hold the inquest into these deaths later. The handing over of bodies took place in the presence of
Mr.K.Thurairatnasingham, Trincomalee district parliamentarian without any
condition despite reports that security forces may demand written consent
from parents claiming that their sons were terrorists. Mr.K.Thurairatnasingham, Trincomalee district parliamentarian was in the
hospital from morning till evening watching the interests of dead youths
till their bodies were handed over, sources said.
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