Describes him as the son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, who was assassinated in May 1993.15 Sep 2024 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Get to know the main contenders’ core teams
Colombo police suspected the LTTE after a suicide bomber attacked a May Day march in Colombo on 1 May 1993, killing President Premadasa, 69. The article gives no supporting evidence for the suspicion. An LTTE spokesman in London told UPI: “We are not involved in this... This assassination is not our work.”1 May 1993 · UPI · Tamil Tiger guerrillas deny involvement in Premadasa's killing