4 Muslims shot dead in Lanka

Published July 10, 2005

COLOMBO, July 9: A tea trader and his three colleagues were found shot dead in the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday, with police saying they could have been killed over a business dispute.

The men belonged to Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority, and were believed to have been killed elsewhere and then dumped in a luxury jeep along a quiet but plush street in the city, said Sarath Kumara, a senior police official at the scene.—APP