Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Dassanayake (29 April 1953 – 8 January 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician from the Puttalam District. He was serving as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building when he was assassinated in a roadside bomb attack on 8 January 2008 in Ja-Ela, twelve miles north of Colombo. The attack, which was blamed on the militant Tamil Tigers organization, killed three people and injured ten others.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "D.M. Dassanayake assassination: Government condemns despicable act of terrorism by LTTE". Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ Orr, James (8 January 2008). "Sri Lankan minister killed by bomb". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2019.


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