International News Safety Institute

01 August 2007

Nilakshan Sahapavan

Incident

Nilakshan Sahapavan

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Nilakshan Sahapavan, 22, of the Jaffna Media Resource Training Centre and a part-time reporter, was shot by gunmen who stormed his home during a night-time curfew in the region.

Nilakshan is the eighth media worker or journalist killed in Jaffna since May 2006.

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