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LTTE kills two; a child and a youth-Jaffna

The LTTE pistol gang shot dead two civilians including a child at the Anaipanthy junction on Point-Pedro road in Jaffna yesterday, Sunday the 12th of November.

It is reported that the LTTE pistol man showered a rain of pistol rounds towards these two innocent civilians at 6.40 a.m yesterday.

The victims were identified as Ravi Sanjeewan, 15 years of age and Kangarupan Kelli, 21 years of age.

The incident was reported to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and the Jaffna Police are conducting further investigations.

Scotland Yard to investigate on Jaffna MP's killing-President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the late Member of Parliament Nadaraja Raviraj spoke fearlessly on behalf of the people he represented. He did not hesitate to strongly voice his concerns over the issues pertaining to his people.

President Rajapaksa emphasized that he was the leader of all the people of Sri Lanka, irrespective of ethnicity, religion or any other differences he believes that every person in this country should have the right to speak out and express one's ideas freely with no restrictions; In keeping with the ideas of a democratic society, He said he was fully committed to uphold this principle of democratic freedom in governance.

President while expressing his deep sympathies to the family of the late MP stated that Mr. Raviraj was a personal friend of his.

President Rajapaksa said this at the opening ceremony of the new office building for the Department of Inland Revenue in Colombo this morning.

Meanwhile the President has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ask for the assistance from the Scotland Yard to carry out investigations into Mr. Raviraj's assassination

"Deliberate and well planned attempt to bring the government and country in to disrepute" added the President.

The President said that this assassination of Mr. Raviraj shows every indication of being a deliberate and well planned attempt to bring the country and the Government in to disrepute; it was also a serious move to create obstacles to the efforts being made to bring about better understanding among the different communities in the country, in the search for peace and harmony.

President has, earlier instructed Inspector General of Police to conduct an immediate investigation into the murder and report back to him.

Tamil National Alliance MP Nadaraja Raviraj was shot dead this morning near the Elvitigala Housing Scheme at Elvitigala Road in Narahenpita - a busy centre town in Colombo.

Courtesy- Department of Government Information

TNA parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj shot dead- Colombo

Tamil National Alliance Parliament Member Mr.Nadarajah Raviraj has been shot dead by an unidentified group of gunmen this morning.

Mr. Raviraj who suffered critical injuries in the incident was immediately rushed to the General Hospital Colombo. Later, he succumbed to his injuries.

According to the information Mr. Raviraj and his bodyguard came under fire whilst traveling on a vehicle along the Matha road in Borella around 8.00a.m.

The police sources said that two assassins had arrived the scene in a three-wheeler and shot at the vehicle carrying Mr. Raviraj. Following the attack, the assassins have fled the scene on a motor bike leaving behind the murder weapon and a load of ammunitions.

The bodyguard of the MP has also been killed in the incident.

The former Parliamentarian Mr Nadarajah Raviraj was born at Thendamarachcchi in Jaffna in 25th June 1962 and he was an Attorney-at-Low by profession.

He displayed a passion for politics from his young age and he was elected to the Jaffna Municipal Council in 1997 under the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). He has served in Jaffna Municipal Council as the Deputy Mayor and the Mayor in past.

He entered to the Parliament as a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) member in 2001 for the first time and he was able to secure his seat in the 2004 general election as well.

Attack at Kadiraveli was after thorough verification of facts - Defence Spokesman

The government reiterates that it launched retaliatory attack at Kadiraveli in Batticaloa after thoroughly verifying the facts. The government's defence spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the Army has launched a retaliatory attack at Kadiraveli in Batticaloa after verifying facts obtained through RADAR plots.

28 people were killed and 74 others were injured in the attack. The Minister further said that the LTTE terrorists launching attacks at the security forces are shielding themselves in the areas where there are displaced persons.

The government is fully committed to the security of the displaced and the ordinary civilians. The minister added that the foreign ministry yesterday enlightened the co-chairmen of the Tokyo donor conference. The SLMM is also conducting inquiry on this regard.

The minister also revealed that 600 displaced persons had arrived to the government control areas from Kadiraveli and Verugal.

Sri Lanka appoint Jayawardene World Cup captain

Jayawardene, named Captain of the Year at the recent International Cricket Council awards ceremony, was appointed as a caretaker captain in February after an injury to Marvan Atapattu.

But Jayawardene's outstanding leadership, coupled with Atapattu's decision to opt-out of the forthcoming test series in New Zealand, persuaded the selectors to give him the job on a full-time basis.

"Mahela has done a good job since taking over from Marvan Atapattu and he will continue till the World Cup," Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors Ashantha de Mel told reporters on Monday.

"We are working towards the World Cup and we wanted to ensure that Mahela felt comfortable ahead of the tournament," de Mel added.

Jayawardene thrived as a batsman under the increased responsibility of the captaincy, averaging 62 in test cricket and 46 in one-day cricket.

He also hit test cricket's fourth highest score of 374 during a recent 2-0 win against South Africa.