29 April 2007
Selvarajah Rajivarman
Shooting
A journalist working for the Udayan newspaper was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Jaffna.
The journalist, Selvarajah Rajivarman, 25, was killed around 10:00 AM by gunmen riding on a motorbike on the Naavalar Road at the Rasaavin Thoaddam junction. He was on duty as a staff reporter for Udayan. Rajivarman had earlier worked as a staff reporter for Thinakkural and Namathu Eezhanaadu. His body has been taken to the Jaffna hospital for a post mortem.
