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

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 is part of a series of killing of Tamil human rights workers.[2]

Death

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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