17.11.2008
Nov
17, Colombo: The doctors of Batticaloa district of the
Eastern Province of Sri Lanka are on strike since this
morning seeking protection for them after an unidentified
gunman killed a doctor last night.
A
suspected LTTE gunman shot dead an ethnic Sinhalese doctor
who was on duty at Navakkadu hospital in Batticaloa district
around 9:30 p.m. yesterday.
Another
person, an ethnic Tamil was also killed by the assailants
together with the doctor.
Batticaloa
police is conducting investigations.
Courtesy - Lanka
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