P. Devakumaran

Paranirupasingam Devakumaran was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil Television journalist who reported for the Maharaja Television which operated MTV English, Sirasa TV in Sinhala and Sakthi TV in Tamil in Jaffna.[1] He and his friend Mahendran Varadan were hacked to death in Navanthurai near Jaffna on 28 May 2008.

P. Devakumaran
Died28 May 2008
Jaffna
OccupationTelevision Journalist for MTV English, Sirasa TV in Sinhala and Sakthi TV

Background

This incident is part of a series of killing, violence, and intimidation against journalists and human rights activists. The killing of journalists have not been investigated leading to conviction of anyone and attacks have continued.[2][3] He had married one year prior to his murder.[4]

Incident

P. Devakumaran and Mahenthiran Varathan were returning home in an area under Sri Lankan army control on 15 May 2008 at about 4.00 pm when they were hacked to death and the assailants escaped.[5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "TV journalist killed in Sri Lanka". BBC News. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. SRI LANKA: Tamil media caught in ongoing conflict Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. BBC Sri Lanka journalist
  4. Journalist hacked to death in Jaffna
  5. Press freedom in Sri Lanka continues to deteriorate
  6. Journalist slain in Jaffna
  7. BBC TV journalist killed in Sri Lanka
  8. Sri Lanka 29 May 2008 TV reporter hacked to death in Jaffna Archived 23 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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