VIDEO: Ranil and UNP MPs pelted with stones
June 11, 2013 05:53 pm
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe, MP Wijedasa Rajapaksa and several other opposition MPs were attacked with stones and other objects in the Migettuwatta area in Balapitiya today.
UNP MP Wijedasa Rajapaksa stated that the attack took place at around 4.30 p.m. when they had attended the funerals of several fishermen, who had perished at sea during violent storms on Saturday.
He stated that a mob of nearly one hundred “thugs” had pelted stone at them, even damaging the UNP Leader’s official vehicle.
UNP MP Wijedasa Rajapaksa stated that the attack took place at around 4.30 p.m. when they had attended the funerals of several fishermen, who had perished at sea during violent storms on Saturday.
He stated that a mob of nearly one hundred “thugs” had pelted stone at them, even damaging the UNP Leader’s official vehicle.
