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More violence in Southern Province ahead of polls
Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 06:32 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Oct 09, Colombo: Just a day ahead of the Southern Provincial Council polls an unidentified group has shot a candidate of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party at Walahanduwa in Galle.
Police said that UNP candidate Manusha Nanayakkara's vehicle convoy has come under fire at Walahanduwa this evening. However the candidate has escaped without any injuries, police confirmed.
Manusha Nanayakkara, a popular journalist and a news presenter in Sri Lanka has entered the politics several years ago under UNP.