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Minutes after the killing, two others, believed to TMVP cadres, gave chase to the three wheeler and shot dead both killers near the Ariyampathy market. Four others were seriously injured in the shooting.
Police immediately imposed a curfew and armed Police and the Army were deployed to prevent further violence. The situation was tense as this edition went to press.
M. L. A. M. Hisbullah, who was sworn in as Minister of
the Eastern Provincial Council before President Mahinda Rajapaksa
yesterday, addresses a press conference at the Ministry of
Resettlement and Disaster Service Management.
(Photo-Kamal Bogoda)
"He is in Europe to obtain
GSP + benefits for Sri Lanka"
Instead of thanking Ranil Wickremesinghe for trying to
resolve the GSP + issue in favour of Sri Lanka,the state media is making
false allegations that he is tarnishing the country’s image, UNP’s media
spokesman Lakshman Kirielle MP, said on Wednesday.
