Kiriwehera Chief Incumbent shot last night
The chief incumbent of the Kataragama Kiriwehera Rajamaha Viharaya Ven. Kobawaka Damminda Thera and another monk have been hospitalised after being shot at by an unidentified gunman, Police said.
They said the shooting incident occurred at 11.00 p.m at the temple.
The monks were rushed to the Kataragama Hospital with gunshot wounds and later transferred to the Hambantota Base Hospital for further treatment.
The motive for the shooting has not been uncovered yet while Kataragama Police has launched an investigations into the incident.
Venerable Dhamminda Thera was appointed the Chief Incumbent of the Kirivehera Rajamaha Viharaya in Kataragama on December 19, 2013, by the Sangha Sabha led by the Malwatte Mahanayaka.
He was a student of Ven. Dr. Aluthwewa Soratha Nayaka Thera, the former chief incumbent of the Kataragama Kirivehera Temple and Chancellor of the Uva Wellassa University passed away at the age of 70 on September 27, 2013, and took over the post after his demise
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With few years of Yahapalanaya, the country has become again the old Dharmadweepa.
I think we can do much better with Gotha as the defense minister again.
Indra,
If you select Gota regime, then you can finish this types of shooting but disappear by white vans.
Really? What happened to all the investigations since the last government? How many have been proven or found to have acceptable evidence?
Basnayaka,
I have lived through the Green Pajero time where people disappeared were burning on tyre pyres on the roadside.