Youth assaulted, then shot dead in Vavuniyaa

A youth was shot dead after being assaulted by unidentified persons at Pandaariku'lam in Vavuniya police division Wednesday night. His body was recovered Thursday morning close to the Maadasamy Temple in Pandaariku'lam village along the bund road with gun shot injuries and assault wounds.

On receipt of information the Vavuniyaa police rushed to the site and removed the body to the Vavuniyaa general hospital.

The body is kept in the hospital for identification and postmortem examination, medical sources said.