Sirisena’s brother dies after assault

March 28, 2015 09:58 am | Updated 09:58 am IST - Colombo

Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena. (File photo)

Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena. (File photo)

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s youngest brother died on Saturday in hospital after being attacked by a man wielding an axe two days earlier, police said. “Priyantha Sirisena died this morning in the hospital,” police spokesman Ruwan Gnasekera said.

Mr. Sirisena, 40, a businessman, was attacked owing to a personal dispute on Thursday night in his hometown of Polonnaruwa, 215 kilometres north-east of the capital Colombo. He was airlifted to Colombo from Polonnaruwa on the same night.

He was under intensive care for severe head injuries. His death came as the President was in China on a state visit. The attacker, a friend of the deceased, has been arrested and remanded till April 8, police said.

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