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Gomarankadawala: “We need more security say villagers
By A.T.M. Gunananda
Villagers in Gomarankadawala in the Trincomalee District still live in fear in the aftermath of the brutal slaying of six villagers last Sunday. “Some of us spend the nights in the jungles as we fear that we may be attacked again. We need more security to live in our homes,” one villager lamented.

The six youth including two schoolboys were trying to retrieve a tractor that had got stuck in the mud, when suddenly a group of suspected LTTE cadres gunned them down, villagers said.

“The tractor was bringing harvested paddy when it got stuck in the mud. They were trying to pull it out when they came under attack. The dead were identified as M.D.Chaminda Prasanna Bandara (27), A.Anura Shantha Abeysena (19), R.Eranda Sandaruwan Rupasena (15), D.Lalith Bandara Dissanayake (15), Ajith Kumara Ariywwansa, (19) and D.Wasantha kumara (24).

Chaminda Bandara was a home guard attached to the Gomarankadawala police while Anura Shantha and Ajith Kumara were students of Kalyanapura Vidyalaya. Sandaruwan Rupasena and Lalith Bandara were 0/Level students.An eye witness said that the suspected LTTErs had come from behind and shot them. Visibility was poor because the area was covered with thick smoke as a result of the gun fire. The suspects had dissapeared into the surrounding jungle soon after the shooting. All six victims died on the spot.
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