Biography of sri lankan presidential accidents
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Attempted assassination of Chandrika Kumaratunga
1999 attempted murder of 5th President of Sri Lanka
On December 18, 1999, the 5th President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, was wounded in a coordinatedbomb blast that was attempting to take her life.[2] Kumaratunga had been president for one-term, and was campaigning for her second term in office in the 1999 presidential election.
Biography of sri lankan presidential accidents
Upon leaving her final election rally at Town Hall in the country's capital of Colombo, she was caught in an explosive attack planned by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[5]
Kumaratunga survived, but was injured, permanently losing vision in her right eye due to optic nerve damage.[6] 34 others were killed in the blast, with an additional 105+ who were injured.
In the days following the attack, Kumaratunga won the election, defeating Ranil Wickremesinghe. Just a few short days after the attack, on December 22, 1999, she was sworn in for her second ter