Six aid workers killed and three wounded in Batticaloa
Batticaloa, Eastern, Sri Lanka International NGO
6 killed
3 wounded
Six national staffers working for an INGO on a post-tsunami construction project were killed and three seriously wounded, when unknown gunmen attacked at Mailampaaveli in Batticaloa district around 7:30PM on 1 April 2007. LTTE and government forces each blamed the other side. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context raid. Actor Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1330.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.