Resettled Tamils in Moothoor east live in fear

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 15:40 GMT]
Resettled Tamil families in Moothoor east and Tamil villages in Serunuwara division in Trincomalee district are living in terror following the killings of three Tamil farmers of Paarathipuram, Thangkanakar and Poonakar. Tamil civilians in this area fear that these killings had taken place in revenge of the killing of Sinhala farmers in Serunuwara by some unidentified men last week, sources in Moothoor said.
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Tamil youth shot dead in Serunuwara

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 15:37 GMT]
A gang of unidentified armed men shot and killed Sunday night a Tamil youth at his residence in Poonakar in Serunuwara police division in Trincomalee district, according to Serunuwara police. The killers forcibly entered the youth’s house and opened fire on him, the sources added.
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Tamil trader abducted in Puththa'lam

[TamilNet, Monday, 23 March 2009, 19:50 GMT]
Forty year old Gopal Chandrasekaran, a trader by profession was abducted on Saturday night from his residence located along Kubudu Mawatte in Puththa'lam town by a gang of three unidentified persons who arrived in a three-wheeler on the pretext that he was wanted for inquiry, according to a complaint by his wife to the Puththa'lam police.
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2 Muslim civilians abducted in Puththa'lam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 22:43 GMT]
Two Muslim civilians were abducted Monday night in Munthal and Kadayamootai in Puththa'lam by unidentified men clad in army uniform. Fifty-four year old S.M.Jamal was abducted by armed gang arrived in white van from his residence in Munthal. Twenty four year old Farook Shan was abducted by army clad men in a white van from his shop at Kadayamootai.
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SLTB bus burnt down in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 March 2009, 14:28 GMT]
A gang of unidentified men in military uniform burnt down a Sri Lanka Transport Board bus after ordering out the 50 passengers, conductor and the driver Thursday around 2:00 a.m at Aalangku’lam junction in Vaazhzichcheanai police division in Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. This act of arson may have been carried out as an attempt to create rifts between the Tamil, Muslim communities by some political forces, following the bomb blast in Akuressa in the Southern Province Tuesday, residents of Batticaloa said.
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Tamil businessman abducted in Kadawatte

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 2009, 17:52 GMT]
A Tamil businessman of Kadawatte in Colombo district was abducted by a gang of unidentified armed persons on Monday night. The members of the gang dressed in denim trousers and T-shirts arrived in a white van and took the businessman identified as M.Gnanasamy, 35 with them.
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Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing - Jaffna MP

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 11:45 GMT]
Civilians who have been caught by the Sri Lanka Army recently in Vadamaraadchi East in Jaffna and from Murasumoaddai in Ki'linochchi district, who are confined to the 'detention camps' run by the Sri Lankan military, have complained to their relatives that the Sri Lankan soldiers have taken several women into their custody and were sexually abusing them, said Jaffna district parliamentarian S. Gajendran on Wednesday. Those who continue to justify and abet the on going war against Tamils and those who directly or indirectly advocate surrender of Tamil civilians to their adversaries are a party to war crimes, he further said.
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Muslim businessman shot dead in Ea’raavoor

[TamilNet, Saturday, 17 January 2009, 14:07 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen lying in ambush near the house of a Muslim businessman at 3rd Cross A. K. Street, Ea’raavoor in Batticaloa district, shot and killed him as he was returning home in a three-wheeler, Ea’raavoor police said. The victim is a director of a telecommunication centre in Ea’raavoor as well as an agent involved in sending persons abroad for employment, sources Ea’raavoor said.
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Saiva temple administrator shot dead in Moothoor

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 January 2009, 05:13 GMT]
Unidentified armed persons shot dead a 30-year old treasurer of Menkamam Murugan Temple society Wednesday night around 10:00 p.m. at Menkamam in Moothoor division in Trincomalee district, police sources said.
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Police arrest Muslim armed gang in Ampaa’rai

[TamilNet, Monday, 29 December 2008, 17:25 GMT]
Kalmunai police arrested a Muslim armed gang of robbers Sunday night on information given by the public. The arrested gang was allegedly involved in the several robberies and killings in Chaainthamaruthu area in Ampaa’rai district, Kalmunai police said.
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Tamil youth abducted in Colombo

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 November 2008, 15:12 GMT]
A 28-year-old Tamil youth was abducted in Vaazhaiththoaddam in Colombo district Wednesday evening by armed members of a gang clad in military uniform, according to complaints with the Colombo police Thursday.
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White van armed men abduct Tamil youth in Colombo

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 14:36 GMT]
A 23-year-old Tamil youth, a resident of Jaffna, was abducted Monday night along Peoples Park in Colombo by a gang of six men clad in army uniform, according to a complaint lodged with the police by his relatives. The armed men arrived in a white van and forced the youth into the van before driving away.
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Tamil civilian shot dead in Mannaar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 November 2008, 10:33 GMT]
Unidentified armed persons shot dead a Tamil family man In Thaaraapuram in Mannaar division Sunday night around 9:00 p.m. The dead has been identified as 53-year-old Raasu Raamasamy Yogarajah, a father of four children and a native of Chinnkkarisal in Peasaalai.
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Armed gang loot grocery store in Saththurukkondaan

[TamilNet, Friday, 31 October 2008, 18:24 GMT]
Unidentified men associated with paramilitary groups robbed a retail grocery store located in Sathurukkondaan, Batticaloa district run by a married woman last Sunday, according to a complaint lodged at Batticaloa police by the victim.
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Violence against upcountry Tamils

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 12:03 GMT]
A gang of about fifteen Sinhalese armed persons entered the house of a Tamil family in Perk rubber estate in Horana electorate Sunday evening and attacked the inmates mercilessly with clubs and knives. Other Tamil families in the area along with the affected family fled into the nearby jungle to escape further attack from the Sinhalese hoodlums. The violence comes as reports in Colombo said an upcountry Tamil minister in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government, Mr. P. Chandrasekaran was currently under presidential investigation for alleged expression of support to the recent protest campaign lauched by the Tamil Nadu government that sought to protect Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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Motorcycle gang abducts family man in Valikaamam

[TamilNet, Thursday, 02 October 2008, 19:14 GMT]
Unidentified armed men arriving on more than seven motorcycles abducted a family man from his house in Cha'ndilippaay area in Valikaamam Wednesday night, according to the complaint made by his wife to Human Rights Commission (HRC) Jaffna office Thursday. Local residents said that the abduction is related to the Monday night attack on a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) road patrol unit at Maasiyappiddi allegedly by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Kaarainakar, Trincomalee Tamils abducted in Colombo

[TamilNet, Friday, 26 September 2008, 17:48 GMT]
Two Tamils, one a native of Kaarainakar in Jaffna district, and the other from Lingkanakar in Trincomalee district, had been abducted in two separate incidents in Colombo, according to complaints lodged with the Dehiwala Police and Fort Police by their relatives.
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Armed men abduct Tamil fisherman in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 September 2008, 12:10 GMT]
Unidentified armed men in a white van abducted Saturday morning a Tamil youth, K.Ganehsamoorthy, a fisherman by profession. The gang first went to the victim's house in Tha'lavaay in E'raavur police division, and then to the Tha'lavaay sea shore when being told he had gone for fishing, and took him by force in their vehicle, around 11:00 a.m., according to complaints lodged in the E'raavoor Police station by his relatives. Meanwhile, two Tamil youths were reported missing in Aaraiyampathi i Kaaththaankudi police division.
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Armed men shoot dead Tamil civilian in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 September 2008, 14:59 GMT]
Unidentified armed men shot dead a Tamil man in his house on Wednesday morning around 10:30 a.m. at Vasanthan Kudiyiruppu in A'n'naa Nakar in Vavuniyaa police division. The victim, a married man, was identified as 30-year-old Sivalingam Ronald.
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JVP parliamentarian arrested, UNP provincial councilor remanded

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 August 2008, 21:23 GMT]
Sri Lanka Police Saturday evening arrested Premasiri Manage, parliamentarian of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) at Rambukkana in the south with two others in connection with the assault on a government supporter on August 18. He and other two are being detained in the police station and being interrogated, police sources said.
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