MP’s Coordinating Sec. accidently shoots himself

14 February 2016 12:40 pm Views - 4573

Coordinating secretary to MP Weerakumara Dissanayeke has been hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in Anuradhapura last night.

The weapon belonging to one of Dissanayakes’s security personnel accidently fired when the 49-year-old secretary, B.M. Amarasinghe, attempted to examine the weapon at the parliamentarian’s office.

The victim was admitted to the Anuradhapura hospital with two gunshot wounds to his arm and leg.  Hospital sources said his condition was not critical. (Dayaratne Abogama)