The convenor of the “Nawa Sinhale National Movement” and political activist, Dan Priyasad, has died after being hospitalized following a shooting incident in Wellampitiya last night.
He sustained serious injuries in the shooting and was initially hospitalized in critical condition. Although the police initially stated that Priyasad had died, they had later stated that he was in fact, alive and was being treated at the ICU of the National Hospital in Colombo.
In another media release issued early today (April 23), police announced his death.