<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> politician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalith_Athulathmudali" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lalith Athulathmudali">Lalith Athulathmudali</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Lalith_Athulathmudali" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali">assassinated</a> while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western Province</a>.