News: assassination attempt

03/13/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Tamil legislator in Sri Lanka alleges government in attack (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
03/12/2011 | Lanka Newspapers
The abortive attempt to assassinate Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian Sivagnanam Sritharan has sent shock waves throughout the Tamil speaking world . Although the incident did not receive adequate coverage in the mainstream media, the attempted murder of the Jaffna district MP has rocked the Tamil people as many feared the bad days of old were returning.
03/09/2011 | Daily Mirror
Two special police teams have been deployed by the Nochchiyagama and Anuradhapura police stations to arrest the suspects who carried out a grenade attack on Jaffna TNA MP S. Sritharan in Nochchiyagama on Monday night, Division Four Senior DIG Jayantha Gamage said.
03/08/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lankan Speaker calls for an investigation into attack on TNA MP (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
02/02/2010 | Government of Sri Lanka, news.lk
More information has surfaced on the bid to assassinate the President during the election.
11/21/2009 | Xinhua
Sri Lankan police have been asked to begin investigation on an alleged plot to assassinate former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka as reported in a newspaper.