EPDP Pottuvil Head shot and killed

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 October 2005, 13:02 GMT]
An unidentified gunman shot and killed the Pottuvil organisor of the paramilitary Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Monday around 5:00 p.m. Mr. Abubhakkar Sagabdeen, 43, who had gone alone to a cafe without his usual police escort, was gunned down by the attacker who was riding a bicycle police sources said.

The killing took place in front of the old Post Office building on Pottuvil main road.

Mr. Sagabdeen is a resident of Kalappukattu in Pottuvil.

Pottuvil is located in Amparai district, 112 km south of Batticaloa.

Pottuvil police is conducting investigations into the killing.