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Unidentified gunman kills Opposition politician in Sri Lankan town
The Daily Guardian
|October 23, 2025
An unidentified gunman fatally shot an opposition Sri Lankan politician at his office Wednesday, making him the first politician killed in a spate of shootings that have gripped the island nation in recent months.
With the ruling party.
Lasantha Wickramasekara, the head of the council of the coastal town of Weligama, about 150 kilometres south of the capital Colombo, was attending to his official work when the gunman entered the office building and opened fire using a pistol, police said in a statement.
Police said the assailant fled the scene after the shooting and that Wickramasekara succumbed to his injuries after being admitted to the hospital.
This story is from the October 23, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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