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Name:
Lasantha Wickrematunge
Gender:
Male
DOB:
5 / 4 / 1958
DOD:
8 / 1 / 2009
Place of birth:
Colombo
Place of death:
Colombo
Occupation:
Journalist
Incident:
Shot and killed
Decription
Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge, one of Sri Lanka's leading journalists, a freelance reporter for TIME and outspoken critic of the Sri Lankan governement, was shot dead on 08 of January, 2009.
The attack, by two gunmen on motorcycles in the middle of morning-rush-hour traffic, was brazen even by the standards of Sri Lanka. Wickrematunge wasn't far from his home in Colombo South when he was approached sometime between 10 and 11 a.m. by the two gunmen, who blocked his car and shot him in the head and chest. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died shortly after 2 p.m local time.
The attack, by two gunmen on motorcycles in the middle of morning-rush-hour traffic, was brazen even by the standards of Sri Lanka. Wickrematunge wasn't far from his home in Colombo South when he was approached sometime between 10 and 11 a.m. by the two gunmen, who blocked his car and shot him in the head and chest. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died shortly after 2 p.m local time.
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