A 64-year-old Tamil man who was injured after stones were thrown at his train carriage as he travelled from Kurunegala to Jaffna died today, sixty days after being admitted in hospital.
The man, named as P Sivachelvan from Vadamaradchchi East was admitted to Anuradhapura hospital following the attack, which took place near the Sinhala area of Mathavachchi on August 31.
The attack was one of a series of similar train attacks targetting trains departing from Tamil areas.
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