EPDP cadre shot dead in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 June 2003, 14:18 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen Saturday early morning shot dead Raju Wijenathan alias Wijeyan, a thirty three year old Tamil youth who was a member of the para military group Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) when he was staying in his brother's restaurant, Trincomalee Police said.

During the past two weeks, two others have been shot dead by unidentified persons in Trincomalee and its outskirts, security sources said.

One member of the EPRLF Varathar wing Mr.S.Kirubairaja was shot dead at Madathady junction in the heart of Trincomalee town and a sixty year old Tamil, Mr.Sivagurunathan, was shot dead at Salli, about three km north of Trincomalee town, police said.