{"id":136432,"date":"2015-01-07T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T09:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=136432"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T11:38:05","slug":"unp-supporter-who-was-shot-succumbs-to-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/unp-supporter-who-was-shot-succumbs-to-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"UNP Supporter Who Was Shot Succumbs To Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the victims of the shooting incident that erupted in Kahawatte on Monday, has succumbed to his injuries a short while ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Shoot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-136433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Shoot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shoot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Shoot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Shoot-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The victim identified as Shantha was among the three persons who were injured on Monday evening when UPFA Deputy Minister Premalal Jayasekara alias Choka arrived at the Kahawatte town with several thugs and shot at a group of UNP supporters who were erecting a stage for a common Opposition rally to be held the following day.<\/p>\n<p>A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jayasekara, but the Police claim he has fled the area.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased is a father of three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":136433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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