Tamil activist shot dead in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 17:13 GMT]
The principal of Kopay Christian College, Mr. Nadararajah Sivakadadcham, was shot and killed Tuesday night by unidentified gunmen at his residence, civilian sources said. The fifty-nine-years old school principal was a known social activist and the Kopay Division organisor of Tamil Resurgence Task Force. Mr. Sivakadadcham organised the Tamil Women Resurgence Day events that were held in Kopay Monday.

Two gunmen who approached Mr. Sivakadadcham's residence in Kopay North shot at him and fled from the scene in a motorbike, sources said.