Two persons shot dead in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 July 2006, 08:06 GMT]
Two persons, a Tamil and a Sinhalese, were found shot dead at a graveyard in Thonikkal, 2 km from Vavuniya, Police said. Police suspected that the victims were persons involved in petty theft and burglary in Vavuniya area for a long time.

The Sinhala victim is a homeguard from Madukande and the other is a Tamil from Rasendrakulam in Vavuniya.

Victims hands were bound and eyes were covered when the Police recovered the dead bodies.

Vavuniya police is conducting investingations into the killings.