Sri Lankan journalist Faraz Shaukatali shot at by unidentified gunmen

PTI : Colombo, Sat Feb 16 2013, 11:57 hrs

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Sri Lankan journalist Faraz Shaukatali has been shot at by unidentified gunmen in the national capital, police said today.

Shaukatali, a columnist in The Sunday Leader newspaper, was fired at by three people at his guest house in the Colombo suburb of Mount Lavinia around midnight, they said.

He was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Kalubowila hospital.

The motive of the attack is not known.

Shaukatali is a columnist in The Sunday Leader which was in the past known for its anti-government content. Its founder editor Lasantha Wickrematunga was killed in early 2009.

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