Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith

Father Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith
Born	June 11, 1967 Echamotai Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Died	September 26, 2007 Mannar Sri Lanka
Occupation	Parish Priest

Father Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil, Roman Catholic parish priest and aid worker.He was killed on 26 September 2008 by a Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lankan Army.

Biography

Nicholas Pillai was born in Jaffna and joined the Mannar dicoese and was ordained as a Jesuit priest on December 17, 1997 .He was also the District Coordinator of Mannar for the Jesuit Refugee Service which helped and worked with war displaced Tamils.^[1] His death is part of a series of killing of Tamil human rights workers.^[2]

Incident

Nicholas Pillai was on the way to provide aid to displaced Tamils when his Van was hit a claymore mine on Kalvi'laan on Maangkulam - Vellaangkulam road in Mannar while he was on his way to Vidaththaltheevu.^[3][4] He was killed while he was on his Humanitration mission.^[5][6]

See also

• Mary Bastian
• Chandra Fernando
• George Jeyarajasingham

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References

1. ^ Vatican Slain Jesuit Missionary: Thousands mourns Fr. Nicholas Pillai Packiyaranjith
2. ^ Diocese
3. ^ Catholic priest on humanitarian mission killed in DPU Claymore attack
4. ^ LTTE condemns killing of Rev. Fr. Packiyaranjith
5. ^ BBC Priest
6. ^ Priest killed

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Name	Pillai Pakiaranjith, Nicholas
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Date of birth	June 11, 1967
Place of birth	Echamotai Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Date of death	September 26, 2007
Place of death	Mannar Sri Lanka