Friday, February 13, 2009

Sri Lanka: young Tamil immolates himself in Geneva...

A 26-year-old diaspora Eezham Tamil from UK has self-immolated himself to death in front of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) in Switzerland Thursday night around 8:20 p.m., according to police spokesman Eric Grandgean. The man has identified himself as Murukathasan in a letter left behind by him 10 meters away from the scene, the Police officer said when contacted by a Tamil journalist in Switzerland on Friday. The copy of the letter in English and Tamil, received by Tamil journalists, with the identical name, said: "I believe the flames over my body, heart and soul will help the world community to have a deep human look over the great sufferings of the Sri Lankan Tamils. More...

See also:

  1. Sri Lanka faces "humanitarian catastrophe"
  2. Sri Lanka not forgotten...(Petition)
  3. Sri Lanka and the Tamil genocide...
  4. Sri Lanka: Chennai man in suicide protest over Tamil plight...

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