Three youths missing since Friday in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 00:14 GMT]
Three youths who left their homes Friday morning to purchase at Chavakacheri in Thenmaradchi were reported missing from Friday by their parents at the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) Jaffna office Monday. One of the youths was on his motor cycle while the other two went riding bicycles and all three had to pass Chemani area between Chavakacheri and Jaffna, close to the Sri Lanka Army(SLA) camp, where two months ago many youths had mysteriously disappeared, the parents said.

Sooriyakumar Suhanthan, 20 from Thavady, Kokuvil, and two friends Nahanathan Senthoorapiriyan, 17 and Nahanathy Parthipan, 18, both form Araly Road, Jaffna are the three youths reported missing.

The two youths had chosen to trade in coconuts as their families were on the edge of poverty, the parents said.

The two friends had gone on their bicycles while the youth from Thavady had gone riding his motor cycle.

No information or trace of the youths since their disappearance Friday is known.