Jaffna Member of Parliament Mr.Selvarajah Kajendren, strongly condemned the areal bombings on civilians' areas in Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaitivu district and called on the International community to take necessary steps to pressure the Sri Lankan Government to stop its indiscriminate areal bombing on highly populated Tamil areas.
Thiyagarajah Thayanathan, a disgruntled and alcoholic Tamil was allegedly killed by a fellow Tamil and police are considering the killing as manslaughter.
The killing had taken place in Wembley in the Northwest London on 31 May 2008. The victim is said to be severely beaten by the assailant. The Wembley Police is investigating the killing and is looking for information about the suspect assailant.
Keith Noyahr, deputy editor and defence analyst with the English-language weekly The Nation, was abducted on Thursday night, severely beaten and dropped off near his residence early Friday, the Free Media Movement (FMM) said.
"There is no other reason for this latest attack against a journalist than his independent writing and analysis of the war in the North, if that is reason at all," the media rights group said.
