One volunteer Tamil aid worker of a foreign NGO was killed and another injured when alleged LTTE operatives opened fire at two local volunteers of the "Halo Trust De-Miners", at Thattanveediya in Jaffna Town, yesterday (20) at 06.45a.m.
The "Halo Trust" is a Danish INGO carrying out de-mining work in the Jaffna peninsula, as well as other welfare work among Tamil people.
A group of gunmen on motor bikes attacked the two local volunteer workers of the INGO while they were walking on Kasthriya Road, Jaffna Police sources said.
One of the aid workers identified as Sivasami Sridaran(31) who was admitted to the Jaffna Hospital later succumbed to his injuries, while the other Antonvel Justin(21) is under intensive treatment, said MO of the OPD Dr. Vernukanthan speaking to our Jaffna defence correspondent.
Jaffna Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.
Last week, in a major breakthrough in investigations, the Police identified a prime suspect in the murder of two Sri Lankan Tamil Red Cross volunteers whose bullet-ridden bodies were found in Kiriella, in the Ratnapura District, following their abduction in Colombo on June 1.
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