Fisheries director killed, DPU attack targets ambulance

Assistant Director of Fisheries in Mannaar, J.G.Jujin and another civilian were killed when a Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) Claymore mine targeted an ambulance of the Ki'linochchi hospital at Muzhangkaavil in Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni Friday around 8:00 a.m., initial reports said.

The ambulance which returned from Vavuniyaa after admitting patients in Vavuniyaa hospital picked up civilians on its way to Ki'linochchi. Mr. Jujin, 55, a father of six children, hails from Periya Pa'ndivirichchaan.

Friday, 23 May 2008