Isaivizhi Chempiyan

Year: 2007

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka

Press organization: Voice of Tigers

What's Isaivizhi Chempiyan'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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