Politician gunned down in hospital - Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA: The murder of a parliamentary candidate raises fears of an escalation in election-related violence in the run-up to the April poll

AFP , COLOMBO
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004,Page 5

A candidate in Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections was shot dead yesterday in the first political killing in the run-up to next month's poll, police said, as the incident was blamed on Tamil rebels.

A political party expressed fears that the slaying of the ruling party candidate could herald more to come. At least 41 people were killed around the last parliamentary election in December 2001.

Two gunmen shot dead Sinnathamby Sunderapillai while he was in a hospital in the town of Batticaloa receiving treatment for a gunshot wound he suffered in an attack on Saturday, police said.

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1. kick...

not good at all.