Two youths shot dead in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 August 2006, 00:10 GMT]
Two persons were shot dead by unidentified men in two separate incidents in Vavuniya Friday afternoon. In the first incident, unidentified men shot dead Subash Chandrabose Suganthan, 25, a member of the paramilitary PLOTE group, at Ookulankulam around 12.45 p.m., Vavuniya Police said.

The body of Suganthan was handed over to the Vavuniya district hospital by the Sri Lanka Army, sources said.

In another incident, Mr.Tharmalingam Yogeswaran, was shot dead by unidentified men around 1:00 p.m. at Kovilkulam in Vavuniya.

Vavuniya Police is conducting investigations into these killings.