D. M. Dassanayake

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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