A 16 year old girl died after being gang raped by at least 10 men in Vavuniya, reports the Uthayan.
Members of the Northern Provincial Council and the Tamil National Alliance visited the home of the teenager to pass on their condolences to her family.
The teenage girl was from the village of Kanagarayankulam, in the northern district of Vavuniya.
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