PersonDeceased
Lakshman Kadirgamar
Listed from published reports. Appearing here is not a finding of wrongdoing.
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Details
- Role
- Former Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka
- Died
- Killed in a sniper attack on 12 August 2005
Connections (1)
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) / Member convicted in Germany of assisting the killing of / Lakshman Kadirgamar
- The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court convicted an LTTE member, Navaneethan, sentencing him to six years and ten months for gathering information on the minister’s habits and security and on firing from a neighbouring building. Kadirgamar was killed in a sniper attack on 12 August 2005. No one was successfully prosecuted in Sri Lanka: of six indicted, two died, one was acquitted in 2018 and the last died in custody in June 2019.26 Jan 2020 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · German court convicts Tamil guerrilla for assisting in Kadirgamar killing