location: Jaffna
notes: An employee of Uthayan Daily was attacked by a group of persons who arrived in several motorbikes and was subsequently hospitalised while he was carrying newspapers for distribution. Police are investigating. Another distributor of the same paper, taking papers from Maalu-santhi Junction to Valveddiththu'rai was chased by some unidentified persons.
target_text: location: Jaffna, fatalities: 0