President orders probe on shooting incident [February 16 2013]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the IGP to launch an immediate investigation on the shooting of Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shaukarally.

Initial inquiries have revealed that three men on two motor-cycles had opened fire at Shaukatally in front of a guest house where he was residing. The journalist had been engaged in a telephone conversation with a colleague when the line was abruptly disconnected around midnight.

Minutes later the Sunday Leader had been alerted about the shooting.