Deaths on January 24

Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan

Died on January 24, 2006

Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sri Lankan journalist and activist (b. 1970)

Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan (1970 – 24 January 2006), popularly known as SSR, was a journalist working for the Tamil language daily Sudar Oli. On 24 January 2006 during the ongoing Sri Lankan civil war, he was shot dead in the Eastern port city of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. He was 35 years and the father of two children aged three and two. The assailants were on a motorbike and fired at him from close range.

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Deaths on January 24

Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan

Died on January 24, 2006

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