{"id":77428,"date":"2022-05-09T00:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77428"},"modified":"2022-05-09T22:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T02:37:59","slug":"slpp-govt-mp-amarakeerthi-athukorale-fires-and-injures-two-in-crowd-blocking-his-vehicle-at-nittambuwa-when-crowds-surround-building-je-takes-refuge-in-the-mp-commits-suicide-by-shooting-hims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77428","title":{"rendered":"SLPP  Govt MP  Amarakeerthi Athukorale   Fires and Injures two in  Crowd Blocking his Vehicle at Nittambuwa; When Crowds  Surround Building Je Takes Refuge  in the MP  Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A legislator from Sri Lanka\u2019s ruling party shot dead an anti-government protester and then took his own life during a confrontation outside the capital, police said Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amarakeerthi Athukorala opened fire and critically wounded two people blocking his car in the town of Nittambuwa, police said, adding that one of the victims died of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MP fled the scene and took refuge at a nearby building,\u201d a police official told AFP by telephone. \u201cThousands surrounded the building and he then took his own life with his revolver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The incident came as thousands took to the streets across the curfew-bound island and targeted supporters of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has subsequently tendered his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>The Rajapaksa loyalists had earlier in the day destroyed tents and placards of anti-government demonstrators camping outside the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa since April 9.<\/p>\n<p>In violence in the capital Colombo, at least 138 people were injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton77428\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D77428&amp;text=SLPP%20%20Govt%20MP%20%20Amarakeerthi%20Athukorale%20%20%20Fires%20and%20Injures%20two%20in%20%20Crowd%20Blocking%20his%20Vehicle%20at%20Nittambuwa%3B...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legislator from Sri Lanka\u2019s ruling party shot dead an anti-government protester and then took his own life during a confrontation outside the capital, police said Monday. Amarakeerthi Athukorala opened fire and critically wounded two people blocking his car in the town of Nittambuwa, police said, adding that one of the victims died of his &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;SLPP  Govt MP  Amarakeerthi Athukorale   Fires and Injures two in  Crowd Blocking his Vehicle at Nittambuwa; When Crowds  Surround Building Je Takes Refuge  in the MP  Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77429,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77428\/revisions\/77429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}