Paranirupasingham Devakumar
Year: 2008
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Press organization: News 1st
What's Paranirupasingham Devakumar's story?
Devakumar, Jaffna correspondent for the independent channelNews 1st, was stabbed to death when he was attacked by supporters of theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to Sunanda Deshapriya,spokesman for local press freedom group the Free Media Movement. Deshapriya said that FMM’s investigations had shown that Devakumar was killedby Tamil Tiger supporters in retribution for critical reporting on LTTE activitiesin the area. Deshapriya also noted the journalist had covered agovernment-sponsored rally that the LTTE had wanted him to avoid.
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