The Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has postponed his visit on Sunday to the opening ceremony of the a hotel in Pasikuda, Batticaloa, after the murder of a Tamil man near the hotel by a Sinhala mob, the Sunday Times reported.
Fifty-one year old Thambipillai Thangarasa was attacked in Kalkudah on Thursday as he was returning home from the grocery store. A group of Sinhalese men, reported to be under the influence of alcohol, attacked him after an argument broke out, leaving him with fatal head injuries.
According to the Sunday Times, a local police officer said the attack accord near the hotel where construction workers were holding a party to celebrate the completion of the hotel.
“There was an argument among the workers. A village fishermen tried to settle the dispute, but was beaten up and then stabbed with a bottle,” the officer reported added.
Mr Sirisena will continue to attend his other engagements in Batticaloa however.
Fifty-one year old Thambipillai Thangarasa was attacked in Kalkudah on Thursday as he was returning home from the grocery store. A group of Sinhalese men, reported to be under the influence of alcohol, attacked him after an argument broke out, leaving him with fatal head injuries.
According to the Sunday Times, a local police officer said the attack accord near the hotel where construction workers were holding a party to celebrate the completion of the hotel.
“There was an argument among the workers. A village fishermen tried to settle the dispute, but was beaten up and then stabbed with a bottle,” the officer reported added.
Mr Sirisena will continue to attend his other engagements in Batticaloa however.