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Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith
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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.
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 was part of a series of killing of Tamil human rights workers.[2]
Death
Nicholas Pillai was on a humanitarian mission 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][5][6]
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