Tamil woman shot dead in Chelvanakar

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 May 2008, 11:10 GMT]
Fifty year-old Tamil woman was shot dead by unidentified armed persons on Wednesday night in Chelvanakar in Vavuniyaa. She has been identified as Ms. Mary Baskaran. Her husband was shot dead four weeks earlier by unidentified persons, civil sources said.
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Youth shot dead in Nelukulam identified

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 11:27 GMT]
A youth shot dead at Nelukulam in Vavuniyaa on Monday has been identified as S.Mohamed Ali, 24, of Matheena Nagar in Maha Irrambaikullam. His hands were tied and blindfolded with gunshot injuries on his head when his body was recovered Tuesday morning by the police near Nelukulam Kalaimagal Vidiyalayam, reports from Vavuniyaa said.
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Fisheries director killed, DPU attack targets ambulance

[TamilNet, Friday, 23 May 2008, 04:33 GMT]
Assistant Director of Fisheries in Mannaar, J.G.Jujin and another civilian were killed when a Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) Claymore mine targeted an ambulance of the Ki'linochchi hospital at Muzhangkaavil in Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni Friday around 8:00 a.m., initial reports said.
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3 policemen injured in grenade attack in Cheddikku'lam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 10:23 GMT]
The three police constables were injured when unidentified men lobbed a grenade at the police sentry located near Menik Farm in Cheddikku'lam along Mannaar-Madawachchiya road Tuesday morning around 7:45 a.m., reports from Vavuniyaa said.
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Kaarainakar male shot dead in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Monday, 19 May 2008, 15:56 GMT]
Balakrishnan Karthigesu, 37, of Kaarainakar in Jaffna district was shot dead by unidentified men Monday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. when he was having meals in a tea boutique along Vavuniyaa –Horowopottana Road, reports from Vavuniyaa said.
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Vavuniyaa Court directs SLA to arrest abductors

[TamilNet, Sunday, 18 May 2008, 17:42 GMT]
Vavuniyaa Magistrate M.Ilancheliyzan Friday directed the Commanding Officer of the Veappangku'lam detachment of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to arrest the members of a gang who have allegedly abducted a Tamil trader on Tuesday from his residence in Veappangku'lam. The Magistrate summoned Colonel Perera, Commanding Officer to court and issued the directive on a written complaint made by the wife of the trader to court, legal sources said.
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PLOTE cadre shot, injured in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 17 May 2008, 18:45 GMT]
A member of the Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) was shot and injured Friday morning in front of Uma Maheswaran mausoleum located in Koayilku'lam in Vavuniyaa town. The injured has been identified as Varan, reports from Vavuniyaa said.
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17 civilians wounded in grenade explosion in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 17 May 2008, 07:24 GMT]
Seventeen civilians were wounded in a hand grenade explosion on Bazar Street in Vavuniyaa around 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Three of the victims were children and 6 females, medical sources said.
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Tamil youth abducted in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 10:48 GMT]
Twenty nine year-old Tamil youth Balasingham Balamohan was abducted by unidentified persons from his house Monday night in Ve'ppankulam in Vavuniyaa, according to complaints lodged with the Vavuniyaa police by his relatives.
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Tamil trader shot dead in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Friday, 09 May 2008, 17:10 GMT]
Unidentified men shot dead a Tamil trader in Selvanagar at Checkadipulavu in Vavuniyaa Thursday around 11:00 a.m. The victim has been identified as Baskaran, owner of shop at fourth milepost in Nelukulam, sources said.
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PLOTE member shot dead, 2 killed in Vavuniyaa claymore attack

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 May 2008, 06:50 GMT]
A leading member of Peoples’ Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) of Vavuniyaa district was shot and killed, and another person seriously injured in a shooting incident Tuesday around 5:30 p.m at Poonththoaddam area in Vavuniyaa, sources in Vavuniyaa said. Meanwhile, two civilians were killed in a Claymore attack Tuesday around 6:00 p.m targeting a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) truck, near Vavuniyaa Town Council playground, the sources added.
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EPDP thanks Rajapaksa, India for Northern Province Interim Council

[TamilNet, Saturday, 03 May 2008, 12:40 GMT]
The paramilitary-cum-political party headed by Douglas Devananda, the EPDP, in a statement issued to media on Saturday thanked the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the friendly neighbouring state, India, for having selected the EPDP to lead the Interim Council for Northern Province. The decision was passed in a cabinet meeting by Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the EPDP said, and added that it was a 'practical step' advocated by the EPDP for a long time.
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Tamil youth reported missing in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 03 May 2008, 07:10 GMT]
34 year-old Thavanayagam Kaantharoopan has been reported missing since 18 April this year, according to complaint lodged with the Vavuniyaa police, regional offices of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) and the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) by his relatives.
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Claymore ambush in Weli Oya kills 2 STF commandos

[TamilNet, Thursday, 01 May 2008, 08:54 GMT]
Sri Lankan military officials said two Special Task Force (STF) commandos deployed in the Sinhala settlement of Dutuwewa in Ma'nalaa'ru (Weli Oya) region were killed in a Claymore attack Thursday around 6:45 a.m. This is the first time the STF has admitted to have lost its men in an ambush attack in the Vanni front after STF units were deployed in the sector bordering Trincomalee and Vavuniyaa districts in the North Central Province for providing security to the Sinhalese settlements.
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SLA occupation of Madu, triggers fears of renewed Sinhalicisation

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 April 2008, 17:42 GMT]
The Madu Road junction located on Mannaar-Madawachchi Road, which branches off the main route to Madu shrine, situated in the middle of traditional Tamil area, became the center of a Sinhala settlement in the 1970s. The Sri Lanka Government had the agenda of transforming the area into a full-fledged Sinhala colony, by using the lands of a cashew farm between the Madu Shrine and the junction. However, the settlement was later abandoned, fearing repercussions following large-scale massacre and arson committed by the Sri Lanka Army in December 1984 after a landmine blast. The spectre of a Sinhalicised Madu area has now become a dangerous new reality with SLA's occupation of Madu shrine.
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SLA killed, 4 soldiers lose legs in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 April 2008, 16:54 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) defensive units confronted the Sri Lanka Army in Paalamoaddai and Naavatku'lam in Vavuniyaa district on Sunday. At Paalamoaddai one SLA soldier was killed at 12:30 p.m. when the SLA attempted to advance, the Tigers said. Three SLA soldiers were wounded, two of them lost their legs. At Naavatku'lam Tigers seized a T-56 assault rifle, the Tigers said.
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Tamil student abducted in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 April 2008, 20:23 GMT]
A seventeen year old Tamil student Selvarajah Manivannan studying at Kandy was abducted by unknown persons reported to have arrived in an army vehicle Monday night while staying with his parents in their residence located at Soosaipillaiyaar Kulam in Vavuniyaa division, according to complaint lodged by his father with the Vavuniyaa Police, regional office of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) and the Vavuniyaa office of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC).
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3 civilians wounded in DPU Claymore attack on MPCS lorry

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 11:08 GMT]
Three civilians including the driver of a lorry loaded with supplies to the Cooperative Society in Poonakari (Pooneryn) from Vavuniyaa, was attacked by a Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lanka Army in the early hours of Tuesday at 1:30 a.m. at Aanaivizhunthaan on Akkaraayan - Vanneari Road. The lorry, carrying essential supplies worth 2.3 million Sri Lankan Rupees to the Poonakari Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS), which serves to the Internally Displaced People from Poonakari and Mannaar, was destroyed in the attack, according to the General Manager of the Poonakari MPCS, T. Ratnakumar, told TamilNet.
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Jaffna lorry driver abducted in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 April 2008, 11:02 GMT]
Unidentified men arriving in a white van abducted Maruthiah Yogarajah, 51, from his sister's house located in Thaa'ndikkul'am in Vavuniyaa on April 11 Friday around 2.30 p.m. and his whereabouts are not known even after ten days, according to complaints lodged by his relatives with the Vavuniyaa Police, International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) on Sunday, civil society sources said.
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Court orders inquiry into SLA soldier's death

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 April 2008, 02:29 GMT]
Vavuniyaa Magistrate M.Ilancheliyzan Thursday instructed the police to conduct further inquiry into the death of a soldier of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) whose bullet ridden body was recovered from sentry point located in the premises of SLA operation command, media sources in Vavuniyaa said.
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