COLOMBO: As many as two people died including a woman and a dozen injured Saturday in a firing incident on a ruling party rally at Colombo.
Sri Lankan police appealed for information to track down four gunmen who opened fire at a ruling party rally in the capital, killing a woman and wounding 12 other people.
Several teams of detective were assembled Saturday, a day after the daring attack on Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s campaign rally for the August 17 parliamentary elections, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.
The minister who escaped unhurt accused the opposition United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) of carrying out the attack, a charge denied by the party.
“We are investigating the motive for the attack,” the police spokesman said adding that no arrests had been made 24 hours after the attack in a commercial area of the capital.
Friday’s shooting was the worst attack against a campaign rally in the run up to this month’s election.
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