The editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge, is fatally shot in Colombo on his way to work by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles. Wickrematunge was rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery, but later succumbed to his injuries.
Archive for January, 2009
The Sri Lankan government proscribes the LTTE as a terrorist organisation on the basis that it has been holding civilians to be used as human shields.
Gunmen armed with grenades attack the offices of MTV, part of the Maharajah Broadcasting Corporation, the largest private television broadcaster in Sri Lanka.
Government forces capture the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital of Kilinochchi.
