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JVP says they are under SLFP attack
A JVP member was seriously injured when SLFP supporters attacked him in Anuradhapura yesterday, Police said. The JVP member identified as Bandula Marambage was transferred to the Colombo National Hospital in a serious condition.

A group of supporters of Deputy Minister Duminda Dissanayake and provincial council minister H. B. Semasinghe were involved in the attack, JVP parliamentarian Ranaweera Pathirana charged.

Yesterday’s attack was the latest in the series of clashes between the SLFP and the JVP in recent weeks. On Friday in Ambalantota, JVP members who were returning after a lodging a complaint at the police station were allegedly attacked by SLFP supporters. Later, Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva and his supporters had carried out a protest in the area and police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.

On Wednesday, an SLFP candidate and his supporters allegedly assaulted a group of JVP supporters in Kesbewa. Three JVP members were hospitalised following the attack. In Elahera, a JVP candidate and a provincial councillor were attacked allegedly by SLFP supporters led by a candidate.
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