Upali Tennekoon and his wife were attacked by the unknown men on motorcycles while they drove to the work. They both got severely injured and wounded. – SLPI Freedom tracker

Upali Tennekoon and his wife were attacked by the unknown men on motorcycles while they drove to the work. They both got severely injured and wounded.

Upali Tennekoon and his wife were attacked by the unknown men on motorcycles while they drove to the work. They both got severely injured and wounded.

Incident Date: January 22, 2010

Last modified on : March 20th, 2023

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Location: Colombo

Threat Type: physical attack

Attached Newsroom:Rivira

Incident reference no: 2009/01/09/PA

Mode of threat: In Person

Affected Media Organization: Rivira Media Corportion Pvt Ltd

Current Status: Not Applicable

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