SLA artillery kills two civilians and injures seven in Suthanthirapuram
SLA artillery shells fired around 5.30pm on 15 January killed two civilians and injured seven more including four children in Suthanthirapuram, 12 kilometers east of Tharmapuram, where a large number of IDPs have sought shelter.
Distraught Mariampillai's daughter Mariampillai Johnsmary, a 58 year old man, displaced recently from Sundilulam was settling up a shelter for his family in Suthanthirapuram when the shells hit. He died instantly. Four of his young children were injured. One of them died later of injuries. Two more of his sons are in serious condition, one of whom has lost a leg. Another man, Shanmugam Selvarasa aged 50, who was travelling on the road, was also killed instantly. Killed
1. Mariampillai Jude Sujeevan, male aged 18 (one of the four sons)
2. Mariampillai Johnsmary, male aged 58 years (father)
3. Shanmugam Selvarasa, male aged 50 years
Injured
1. Mariampillai Jude Subason, male child aged 9 years (one of the four sons)
2. M Ketheeswaran, male child aged 9 years
3. Siyanthan, male child aged 10 years
4. Mariampillai Jude Sulaxon, male child aged 15 (one of the four sons)
5. A Thasikaran, male aged 18 years
6. Mariampillai Jude Suganthan, male aged 30 (one of the four sons)
17 January 2009
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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