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The 31-year-old Nimesha, the wife of the priest Sribalasundarakkurukkal, has been admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital and her condition has been stated to be critical.
Armed men who came in a motorbike at the house of the priest located on Maanippaay Hospital Road around 8 p.m. opened fire on the family when priest Sribalasundarakkurukkal and his wife Nimesha were standing outside their house and their children were playing.
The gunmen fled the scene immediately riding their motorbike.
Maanippaay is located near Changkaanai, where two months ago unknown men shot a Chief Priest who later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.
The gun attack on the priest’s family has taken place on the day when SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Jaffna to celebrate Pongkal.
Similar incident took place on December 26, 2010 in which a Zonal Deputy Director was shot dead by unidentified gunmen when Sri Lankan Prime Minister was visiting Jaffna to attend a Tsunami disaster day programme.
In that event school children of Jaffna were forced to sing Sri Lankan national anthem in Sinhala.
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