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Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga
1989 murder in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan politician and founder of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya, was assassinated by an assassin of the militant organization Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (DJV) on February 16, 1988, while attempting to leave his home in Polhengoda in Colombo.[1]
Kumaratunga was the son-in-law of former prime ministersS.
Vijaya kumaratunga funeral images
W. R. D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike, as well as the husband of future presidentChandrika Kumaratunga, and with his funeral the Sri Lankan government declared an extended period of national mourning.
Background
Main articles: Vijaya Kumaratunga and 1987-1989 JVP insurrection
Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga was born on 9 October 1945 in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka.
In 1967, he started his film career and reached his peak with the romantic film Hanthane Kathawa directed by Sugathapala Senarath Yapa.[2] Later he became a sensation among the public with