February 22, 2011 7:51 PM

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Tamil Nadu contract worker killed in Libya

A 42-year old contract worker from Tamil Nadu employed with a Korean group has been killed and another seriously injured in gunfire during the anti-government violence in Libya. The wife of the killed worker has represented to the Tirunelveli District Collector Mr. M.Jeyaraman and urged the Government to make arrangements to bring back the body. The District Collector gave an assurance that he would take necessary steps in this regard. The fate of 22 others from the remote Thalaivankottai village in the district is still not known. According to the petitioner, the 24 semi-skilled workers from the village were employed on a two-year contract by the Korean company for erecting electricity towers.

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