Four gun violence incidents after Maithri declared candidacy
November 26, 2014 02:08 pm
Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says that it has received four incident of election violence with use of firearms after Common Candidate Maithripala Sirisena declared his candidacy.
Shots were fired at the office of UNP MP M.M.A. Halim, at Mawilmada, Kandy, in the early hours of November 25. The windows and walls of the office were damaged. Halim has been actively promoting Sirisena and he was the facilitator of Sirisena’s visit to Kandy Muslim Mosque.
After the election was declared shooting incidents were reported from Maggona, Kalutara, Madampe, Puttalam (two incidents), and Mawilmada.
The CaFFE Executive Director Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon says “although the vehicle used to carry out the shooting incident at Maggona has been identified and despite the availability of CCTV footage, police has not taken steps to arrest any suspects.”
