T. Tharmalingam
Year: 2007
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka
Press organization: Voice of Tigers
What's T. Tharmalingam's story?
Announcer Isaivizhi Chempiyan and technicians Suresh Linbiyo and T. Tharmalingam were killed in a Sri Lankan Air Force air strike. Fighter jets dropped a dozen bombs on the station shortly before Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was due to broadcast a statement. At least five other people were killed in the strike against the LTTE-run station, according to local media reports.
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