What the records say
- When
- 1959
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 7.00° N, 81.00° E
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
1959 murder in Colombo, Sri Lanka
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth prime minister of Ceylon, was assassinated by the Buddhist priest Talduwe Somarama Thero on September 25, 1959, while meeting the public at his private residence, Tintagel, at Rosmead Place in Colombo. Shot in the chest, abdomen, and hand, Bandaranaike died the following day at Merchant's Ward of the Colombo General Hospital.
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