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Lankan bar owner in Toronto killed
A 49-year-old Sri Lankan man was stabbed to death in the bar he owned in Toronto, Canada on August 18 shortly before he was to return home to reunite with his parents after an absence of a year.

Pattiyage Jayantha Peiris had been planning to return to Sri Lanka for six months, to visit his parents, after gruelling 18-hour days for a year, at a bar he bought less than a year ago, according to Canadian newspaper reports.

However this was not to be as he had been stabbed when he refused membership of the bar to a group of unruly men who had demanded to be served.

The reports said that Jayantha was remembered in a simple Buddhist service with four monks performing the funeral rites, which was also attended by Sri Lanka consul general C.S. Poolokasingham.

The newspapers also quoted a family spokesman for Jayantha describing the struggles immigrants face when trying to adapt to life in Canada. Despite the hardships, Jayantha was a man full of hopes and ambition who built a life in Canada, the reports added.

Four persons have been arrested in connection with his death and charged by the Toronto Police with second degree murder.

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