Sri Lanka politician Jeyaraj dead .........

Sri Lanka politician Jeyaraj dead


SRI LANKA-Sri Lanka great politician and Road and Highway Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle was killed following the blast in Welliweriya this morning. The blast occurred when he was about to flag off a marathon run as part of a Sinhala New Year celebration event. About 12 dead and 83 injured in this incident police said.

Sri Lanka’s ace marathon runner K.A. Karunaratne and National Athletic coach Lakshaman De Alwis are also among those killed in the Weliweriya bomb blast this morning. Karu represented Sri Lanka at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.