A member of the Vadamarachchi Vallipuram Alwar temple trustees’ council was attacked by a group of unidentified persons with swords in Jaffna over the weekend.
67–year-old Sathananthan Kesavananthan was returning to his home in Point Pedro when a group of unidentified persons on motorbikes arrived and started attacking him. As they attempted to stab him with swords, passengers on a public bus that witnessed the attack came to his rescue and scared away the attackers, reports Uthayan.
The victim has lodged a complaint with the Point Pedro police.