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Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
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Sri Lankan Tamils
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Sri Lankan Tamils, also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, form the plurality in the Eastern Province and are in the minority throughout the rest of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nadarajah Raviraj
Sri Lankan politician
Nadarajah Raviraj was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for Jaffna District from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Tamil National Alliance, he was shot dead on 10 November 2006 in Colombo.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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