Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith

Father Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil, Roman Catholic parish priest and aid worker. He was killed on 26 September 2008 by a Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lankan Army.

Father Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith
BornJune 11, 1967
Echamotai Jaffna, Sri Lanka
DiedSeptember 26, 2007
Mannar Sri Lanka
OccupationParish Priest

Biography

Nicholas Pillai was born in Jaffna and joined the Mannar diocese and was ordained as a Jesuit priest on December 17, 1997 .He was also the District Coordinator of Mannar for the Jesuit Refugee Service which helped and worked with war displaced Tamils.[1] His death is part of a series of killing of Tamil human rights workers.[2]

Incident

Nicholas Pillai was on the way to provide aid to displaced Tamils when his van was hit by a claymore mine on Kalvi'laan on Maangkulam - Vellaangkulam road in Mannar while he was on his way to Vidaththaltheevu.[3][4] He was killed while he was on his humanitarian mission.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Vaticans.org : Slain Jesuit Missionary: Thousands mourns Fr. Nicholas Pillai Packiyaranjith". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. Diocese Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. TamilNet. "TamilNet". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. TamilNet. "TamilNet". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. "BBC NEWS - South Asia - More clashes in Sri Lankan north". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. "Sri Lankan church worker killed in attack while delivering aid - Christian News on Christian Today". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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