VIDEO: Lest we forget...

January 8, 2010  


A commemoration meeting to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of Sunday Leader Editor-in- chief Lasantha Wickramathunga was held today at the Jayawardena Centre, Colombo 7. Pictured here Lasantha’s brother Lal Wickramathunga addressing the gathering. At around 10 a.m. on January 8, 2009, Wickramatunga was killed in his car on his way to work on a busy street in a mixed suburban and semi-industrial suburb of Colombo. Pic by D. Banduwardena

VIDEO: Lest we forget...
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