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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s youngest brother died today in hospital after being attacked by a man wielding an axe two days earlier, police said.
“Priyantha Sirisena died this morning in the hospital,” police spokesman Ruwan Gnasekera said.
Sirisena, 40, a businessman, was attacked owing to a personal dispute on Thursday night in his hometown of Polonnaruwa, 215 kilometres north-east of the capital Colombo.
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He was airlifted to Colombo from Polonnaruwa on same night.
He was under intensive care for severe head injuries.
His death came as the President was in China on a state visit.
The attacker, a friend of the deceased, has been arrested and remanded till April 8, police said.
PTI
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