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EPDP candidate hurt

By V.S. Sambandan

COLOMBO, MARCH 4. In continued election violence in eastern Sri Lanka, a candidate of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) was injured in a grenade attack today.

The candidate, Thurairaja Lal, was attacked when he was distributing pamphlets in Kalmunai.

The EPDP, the most vocal critic of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, has blamed the Tigers for the attack.

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