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.
Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 11, 1967 |
| Died | September 26, 2007 |
| Occupation | Parish Priest |
Biography edit
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]
Death edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Vaticans.org : Slain Jesuit Missionary: Thousands mourns Fr. Nicholas Pillai Packiyaranjith". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Diocese Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TamilNet. "TamilNet". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ TamilNet. "TamilNet". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - South Asia - More clashes in Sri Lankan north". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lankan church worker killed in attack while delivering aid - Christian News on Christian Today". Retrieved 9 February 2017.