A Tamil man has been killed in Jaffna after a landmine explosion in the Kilali region, reports Adaderana.
The man, who had gone to collect timber on Friday, was sought after by his family who had registered him as missing at the local Sri Lankan police station.
A subsequent search of the area where he was last seen uncovered his body, which is currently being kept at Jaffna Hospital pending a post-mortem.
Landmines continue to plague the war torn Tamil North-East, with serval deaths reported in recent years, despite the end of the armed conflict in 2009.