▁war ▁close ▁to ▁his ▁place ▁of ▁work . ▁Ass ail ants ▁came ▁on ▁a ▁motor bi ke ▁and ▁shot ▁him ▁at ▁close ▁range . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁crime ▁rep orter ▁working ▁for ▁the ▁locally ▁based ▁U th ay an ▁newspaper . ▁His ▁murder ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁mur ders ▁of ▁minor ity ▁T amil ▁journal ists ▁to ▁fall ▁on ▁an ▁April ▁ 2 9 . ▁ ▁Inc ident ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Raj iv arn am ▁was ▁r iding ▁his ▁b icy cle ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁city ▁of ▁J aff na . ▁He ▁was ▁shot ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁ass ail ants ▁r iding ▁a ▁motor ▁bi ke . ▁He ▁was ▁killed ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁offices ▁of ▁U th ay an , ▁the ▁daily ▁that ▁had ▁employed ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁previous ▁six ▁months . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁known ▁whether ▁he ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁or ▁going ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁place ▁of ▁work ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁killed . ▁ ▁Series ▁of ▁mur ders ▁He ▁was ▁killed ▁on ▁the ▁anni versary ▁of ▁two ▁other ▁mur ders ▁of ▁minor ity ▁T amil ▁journal ists ▁in ▁Sri ▁L anka . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁two ▁other ▁U th ay an ▁journal ists ▁and ▁he ▁also ▁died ▁on ▁the ▁second ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁T amil net . com ▁editor ▁S iv aram ▁D har mer at nam . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁this ▁coinc idence ▁of ▁events , ▁Re