Sri Lankan opposition politician shot dead in office attack ...Middle East

Lasantha Wickramasekara, the 38-year-old council chairman of the coastal city Weligama, was meeting constituents when an armed assailant entered his office.

Police have launched an investigation to locate the perpetrator while the motive remains undetermined.

Sri Lanka has experienced a significant increase in violent crimes throughout this year often linked to drug gangs and organised crime.

This assassination represents the first political killing since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government took office last year promising to restore law and order.

The most audacious previous attack occurred in February when a gunman disguised as a lawyer murdered a suspect inside a Colombo courthouse. – AFP

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