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on the morning of 5 August 2005 condemning the shooting and ordering the authorities to fully investigate the incident and to bring the perpetrators to justice without delay. She also posthumously promoted
Wijewardena to Senior Superintendent of Police. Later that day she issued another statement in
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on 16 September 2005. Gopi, fearing for his life, requested that the court provide security for him but
Weerawardene refused, stating that she did not have the power to do so.
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and working in his uncle's barbershop, was pronounced
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650:Jayaratna, Pushpakumara (7 August 2005).
953:"SL President denounces Jaffna killings"
866:"Gopi released, Court denies protection"
796:"Gobi, killer supspect of SSP arrested"
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254:A search operation was mounted and the
231:arrived at the scene together with the
1462:Riots and civil disorder in Sri Lanka
1278:2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
53:Location Inuvil in northern Sri Lanka
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1146:Second Polonnaruwa War of Succession
935:University Teachers for Human Rights
513:Kamalendran, Chris (7 August 2005).
358:University Teachers for Human Rights
1400:2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
1395:2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
1390:2014 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
1122:First Polonnaruwa War of Succession
772:. 7 September 2005. Archived from
723:"Two policemen shot, Jaffna tense"
14:
1380:2005 Inuvil shooting and protests
874:. 27 October 2005. Archived from
277:The protesters dispersed after a
239:Charles Wijewardena arrived with
19:2005 Inuvil shooting and protests
1333:Burning of Jaffna Public Library
1195:Sri Lankan independence movement
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596:. 4 August 2005. Archived from
564:. 4 August 2005. Archived from
445:Haran, Shree (12 August 2005).
1452:Deaths by firearm in Sri Lanka
312:produced five soldiers before
308:On 5 August 2005, police from
281:was imposed, initially in the
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1152:Kandyan independence movement
652:"Jaffna was like home to him"
628:. Noida, India. 5 August 2005
360:accused Easwaran, the LTTE's
339:Attorney General's Department
285:region and then the whole of
147:was shot dead by soldiers in
1200:Great Rebellion of 1817–1818
1024:"SSP kidnapped & killed"
588:"Jaffna under police curfew"
256:Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission
1247:1962 Ceylonese coup attempt
988:"It is a mistake says army"
394:. They accused the LTTE of
195:. Logathas was treated for
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1447:August 2005 events in Asia
1268:1987–1989 JVP insurrection
163:at Inuvil Junction on the
1432:2005 murders in Sri Lanka
1385:2012 Welikada prison riot
1176:Nikapitiye Bandara Revolt
329:2002 cease-fire agreement
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1411:2022 Sri Lankan protests
1345:Welikada prison massacre
1170:2nd Kuruvita rala Revolt
1164:1st Kuruvita rala Revolt
765:World Socialist Web Site
452:World Socialist Web Site
1158:Kangara arachchi Revolt
260:Government of Sri Lanka
64:4 August 2005
1351:1987 Trincomalee riots
1128:Queen Sugala rebellion
660:. Colombo, Sri Lanka:
523:. Colombo, Sri Lanka:
274:rather than trousers.
110:9.716861°N 80.021861°E
1356:Kalutara prison riots
1328:1977 Sri Lankan riots
1307:1953 Ceylonese Hartal
1257:1971 JVP insurrection
933:. Jaffna, Sri Lanka:
380:Chandrika Kumaratunga
347:identification parade
1362:Bindunuwewa massacre
1317:1958 Ceylonese riots
1312:1956 Ceylonese riots
1302:1915 Ceylonese riots
1262:Sri Lankan Civil War
1224:Cocos Islands mutiny
600:on 28 September 2023
181:Trincomalee District
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1218:Suriya-Mal Movement
1212:Temperance movement
941:on 2 December 2005.
878:on 30 November 2022
841:on 28 November 2022
735:on 30 November 2022
700:on 28 November 2022
568:on 30 November 2023
411:Sri Lankan military
362:political commissar
143:On 4 August 2005 a
115:9.716861; 80.021861
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1405:Mahara prison riot
1140:Rajarata Rebellion
1037:on 11 January 2024
965:on 5 February 2023
911:on 11 January 2024
809:on 11 January 2024
668:on 23 January 2024
531:on 23 January 2024
405:The Colombo-based
351:Magistrate's Court
134:Non-fatal injuries
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1339:Black July
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