31 January 2018 08:53 pm
PAFFREL Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi said although lawsuits were able to minimize the degree of violence over the past few weeks, it had been observed an escalation in violence last week.
Addressing a press briefing in Colombo, he said 115 violent incidents of election law violations had been recorded.
According to the PAFFREL, two United National Party candidates and three supporters were hospitalised caught up in the violence.
Two candidates and two supporters of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party had also been hospitalised.
Meanwhile, one candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and three of their supporters, one Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) candidate and four independent candidates were also been hospitalised in election related violence. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)
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