Sri Lanka opposition MP shot dead in a temple

COLOMBO: A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot dead on Tuesday, the military said, as the opposition charged that a lack of security made the government responsible for the death.
  
Main opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian T Maheshweran was shot in a Hindu temple in Colombo on Tuesday morning. The military said a suspect was arrested after being wounded by a security guard. “The government had reduced (Maheshweran’s) security after he was being critical of the government and the president, so the government should be held responsible for his killing,” said UNP general Secretary Tissa Attanayake. “Maheshweran was voicing (concern) over the recent abductions of Tamils.”

The military said the suspect was an ethnic Tamil. Police are investigating. “The police had arrested a person from Jaffna. One of (Maheshweran’s) security personnel had fired at him, and he was also admitted to the hospital,” said Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
  
The military said Maheshweran died after being admitted to a hospital in Colombo. Hospital authorities said another civilian also died after being admitted, and 11 others were admitted with injuries from the firing.