2 Tamil civilians shot dead in Eravur

[TamilNet, Friday, 08 September 2006, 17:51 GMT]
Two brothers from Eravur, who left for fishing Wednesday afternoon, were found shot dead along the Savukkady coast by Eravur police Thursday and their bodies were recovered Friday morning. The dead Parthipan Ananthan, 28 father of two and his brother Parthian Thavaseelan, 16 had gun shot injuries on their bodies.

The two brother had left their residence as usual on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. They were out in the sea in their boat.

Unidentified men in another boat had abducted the two brothers, civilians said.

There were 7.62 mm gun shot injuries on the head and chest of the two men, Police said adding that the victims had been severely attacked.

The motive behind the kilings was not known, Police said.

Savukkady is located 15 km northeast of Batticaloa.