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Sri Lankan president's brother dies after axe attack
Colombo, March 28
The youngest brother of Sri
Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena, on Saturday succumbed to injuries
he sustained in an axe attack earlier this week.
Police
spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said that Priyantha Sirisena, 40, was in
critical condition after the attack on Thursday night and was undergoing
treatment at a private hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on
Saturday morning, the Colombo Gazette reported. .
Lakmal, who
attacked Priyantha Sirisena over a personal dispute in his home town of
Pollonaruwa, was arrested after he surrendered to the police.
Sirisena was initially admitted to the Pollonaruwa hospital but was later airlifted to Colombo.
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