Tigers - and tears - have no regard for race
Rasika Somarathna
Colombo: Among the seven students of D. S. Senananayake College,
Colombo killed in the LTTE attack at the Fort Railway Station on Sunday
was Rajarathnem Radeeswaran of Dematagoda, a Tamil student in the
Ordinary Level class.
According to the Tamil community in the area, Radeeswaran was popular
among the youth in addition to being a talented baseball player. He had
to pay with his life, to an organisation claiming to be the very
guardians of the community he represented, residents said.
Seven students and their baseball coach, were among the dead in
Sunday's blast, which claimed 14 lives.
The baseball players and their coach were returning to Colombo after
participating in a club match in Kandy the previous day, sources said.
According to the sources, six students who participated in the match
returned the previous day while others stayed back to visit historic
sights in and around Kandy. The other victims are Kolitha Kumara
Mahamudalige, 19, of Hokandara-A/L 2007, Vimukthi Thewarapperuma, 18, of
Kalutara North-A/L maths, Supun Hallala, 16, of Angoda-A/L Commerce,
Dinuth Priyasanka of Agalawatta, 17, After O/L, Thiwanka Thisera, 17, of
Dehiwela-A/L Arts.
Eranda Chaturanga, 21, of Colombo 7-After A/L and Nalinda Arumadura,
26, of Gandara-Baseball Coach.
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