- Tamil Snake gang
The Tamil Snake gang is a
street gang inGreat Britain . It is the first of the organised Tamil gangs by men who sought asylum in theUnited Kingdom . The gang's leader has not been found, but several members have been sentenced for various crimes from extortion and fraud to murder.In 2003 the Tamil Snake gang killed a man in a feud hours after trying to assassinate the man's brother-in-law. He was shot in his home in Wembley, along with his father in law, who survived. [cite web | title = Asian Gangs index | url = http://www.piczo.com/gangsinlondon?g=9526564&cr=2 | accessdate = 2006-08-29 ]
In 2004
Sugandthan Nadarajah , a member of the Tamil Snakes, killed a young man in his car with an axe in Croydon as revenge for being hit by a car driven by a member of the victim's gang two years earlier. [cite news | title = Life for axe murderers | date = 17 December 2004 | url = http://iccroydon.icnetwork.co.uk/news/headlines/tm_objectid=14986279%26method=full%26siteid=53340-name_page.html#story_continue | first = Ross | last = Lidbetter | publisher =Trinity Mirror | accessdate = 2006-08-29 ] Dead link|date=September 2008 [cite news |author=Neville de Silva |title=Four Sri Lankan Tamils sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering another by hacking with axe |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=12666 |work=Asian Tribune |date=26 December 2004 |accessdate=2008-09-05]In 2005 a member of the Tamil Snakes ( Kanagasabi, Thayakaran) attended a party in the west end. He met up with two of his friends at the party and a double homicide took place. Both of the victims were brutally beaten by a pistol and stabbed a couple times.
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