Indika Pathinivasan
Year: 1999
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Killed by:
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Press organization: Maharaja Television Network
What's Indika Pathinivasan's story?
Anura Pathinivasan, a camera assistant for Sri Lanka’s privately owned Maharaja Television Network, and Indika Priyantha, a camera assistant for the state-owned Independent Television Network, were fatally wounded by shrapnel from a suicide bomb aimed at President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at an election rally in Colombo. Five other journalists were injured by the blast, along with Kumaratunga and scores of onlookers.
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