FIRST POLITICAL KILLING ROCKS PARLIAMENT

The Weligama PS Chairman from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Lasantha Wickramasekera, also known as ‘Midigama Lasa, died yesterday following a gun attack inside his office in broad daylight.

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This killing is the first political murder under the new NPP government, leading Parliament to break into chaos yesterday with the opposition MPs demanding an answer from the government as to why law and order was not being upheld.

The Chairman was shot thrice in his head while he was seated in his office by two unidentified gunmen who arrived on a motorcycle.

Pradeshiya Sabha officials rushed the Chairman to the Matara General Hospital, but he later succumbed to his injuries. It was reported that the shooter dressed like an ordinary person in a white suit and a black mask gained entry by posing as a visitor seeking the Chairman's signature on a letter.

Police said that since yesterday was a public day for the Chairman, the public had been given time to meet him. It was revealed that the shooter entered the Chairman's office and shot him in the head while he was seated in his official chair.