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Government condemns
senseless attack on the “Udayan” newspaper
[May 4, 2006 - 10.30 GMT]
The Government of Sri
Lanka unreservedly condemned the senseless attack on the Uthayan News
Paper Office in Jaffna. On Tuesday, May 2, masked gunmen sprayed the
Tamil-daily paper’s Jaffna based office with bullets, killing two and
injuring many others.
The GoSL condemned the attack stating “This assault on the freedom of
expression, a long cherished right in Sri Lanka, is all the more
deplorable as it comes at a time Sri Lanka is hosting the World Press
Freedom Day events.”
According to the
Department of Government Information the President has directed that an
immediate and comprehensive investigation be held to apprehend the
perpetrators who no doubt wished to discredit the Government and to
disrupt the Press Freedom Day events as well as the resolute efforts of
the Government to advance the peace process.
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