11-11-2006, 02:21 AM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_184...01302310000.htm
<b>Outspoken Tamil MP shot dead in Colombo </b>
Colombo, November 10, 2006
<b>Nadarajah Raviraj, an outspoken Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament belonging to the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA), was shot dead in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday. </b>
The Tamil MP, who was a former Mayor of Jaffna, was shot by a motorcycle-borne assassin with a T-56 assault rifle as his vehicle was turning at the Matha Road-Elvitigala Mawatha junction at about 8.45 am.
The assassin fired several shots through the shut window of the air conditioned vehicle, threw the bag containing the weapon and the ammo on to the sidewalk, and sped away.
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<b>Though closely identified with the political line of the LTTE, Raviraj was popular among all the communities in Sri Lanka, including the majority Sinhalas. He helped people irrespective of their religion or ethnicity.
Given the gift of the gab, Raviraj was the foremost advocate of the Tamil cause among the majority Sinhalas as he spoke Sinhala fluently and participated in TV and radio debates on the ethnic issue fequently. </b>
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<b>Outspoken Tamil MP shot dead in Colombo </b>
Colombo, November 10, 2006
<b>Nadarajah Raviraj, an outspoken Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament belonging to the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA), was shot dead in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday. </b>
The Tamil MP, who was a former Mayor of Jaffna, was shot by a motorcycle-borne assassin with a T-56 assault rifle as his vehicle was turning at the Matha Road-Elvitigala Mawatha junction at about 8.45 am.
The assassin fired several shots through the shut window of the air conditioned vehicle, threw the bag containing the weapon and the ammo on to the sidewalk, and sped away.
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<b>Though closely identified with the political line of the LTTE, Raviraj was popular among all the communities in Sri Lanka, including the majority Sinhalas. He helped people irrespective of their religion or ethnicity.
Given the gift of the gab, Raviraj was the foremost advocate of the Tamil cause among the majority Sinhalas as he spoke Sinhala fluently and participated in TV and radio debates on the ethnic issue fequently. </b>
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