Indian astrologer killed in Lanka violence

Venkataswamy Venkataraman of Bangalore was killed in the on-going ethnic rioting in Trincomalee, reports PK Balachandran.

Venkataswamy Venkataraman, a 30-year-old astrologer from Ramamurthy Nagar in Bangalore, was killed in the on-going ethnic rioting in the Eastern Sri Lankan port town of Trincomalee.

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Tamilnet website said that Venkarataraman was among three killed on Friday.

Meanwhile Tamil sources said that eight army personnel were killed in a claymore mine blast in Vavunuya on Saturday.

In the troubled Mahindapuram area of Trincomalee, both Tamil and Sinhala families were migrating to safer places following inter-ethnic violence, killings and arson for the last few days.