Sarojini Yogeshwaran, the first female mayor of Jaffna, is assassinated by suspected LTTE gunmen.
Source
Sri Lanka polls: Fear keeps away potential candidates, The Hindu, 29 August 2000; Peaceful Options Must Continue to be Sought, National Peace Council, 20 May 1998.
Quotation
“The assassination of the Mayor of Jaffna provides further tragic evidence of the downward spiral of violence and war in Sri Lankan society. Individual political assassinations from whichever sources require the most severe condemnation because they remove the space for the democratic resolution of conflict.” National Peace Council, 20 May 1998.
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