Tamil youth shot dead in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 01 August 2006, 06:51 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed an 18-year-old internally displaced Tamil boy, when he was driving a land master tractor along Akkaraipattu Sagamam road Tuesday around 8:30 a.m.

The victim, Gnanasegaram Mohathasan, was a resident of Akkaraipattu and staying in welfare centre for internally displaced and located in Ramakrishna Mission School in the area, sources said.

Akkaraipattu Police rushed to the site and began inquiry into the killing.