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| Sri Lanka Leader reporter Faraz Shauketaly shot | Sri Lanka Leader reporter Faraz Shauketaly shot |
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| A reporter from a newspaper in Sri Lanka has been shot by a group of unidentified men at his home on the outskirts of the capital Colombo. | |
| Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shauketaly was rushed to hospital after being shot in the neck. | Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shauketaly was rushed to hospital after being shot in the neck. |
| A doctor who treated Mr Shauketaly at the hospital told the BBC's Azzam Ameen in Colombo the journalist was now out of danger. | |
| Sri Lankan police say an investigation into the shooting is under way. | Sri Lankan police say an investigation into the shooting is under way. |
| Mr Shauketaly uses his home as a guest house in Mount Lavinia; one of the residents heard his screams after the shooting late on Friday night and drove him to hospital. | Mr Shauketaly uses his home as a guest house in Mount Lavinia; one of the residents heard his screams after the shooting late on Friday night and drove him to hospital. |
| He was transferred to the private clinic where a doctor told the BBC the bullet had been successfully removed. | He was transferred to the private clinic where a doctor told the BBC the bullet had been successfully removed. |
| Another resident of the guest-house told the BBC: "Faraz said to us in the morning that his life was in danger, we didn't see the people but I guess they may have shot at him from his window." | Another resident of the guest-house told the BBC: "Faraz said to us in the morning that his life was in danger, we didn't see the people but I guess they may have shot at him from his window." |
| Anti-establishment paper | Anti-establishment paper |
| Four years ago, the Sunday Leader's editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge, was shot dead by a group of masked men on motorbikes. | Four years ago, the Sunday Leader's editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge, was shot dead by a group of masked men on motorbikes. |
| The case, which has never been solved, highlighted the dismal state of press freedom in the country, analysts said. | The case, which has never been solved, highlighted the dismal state of press freedom in the country, analysts said. |
| The investigative, anti-establishment newspaper had riled the authorities and continued to do so after his death. But last July the near-bankrupt Leader was bought by a well-connected businessman. | The investigative, anti-establishment newspaper had riled the authorities and continued to do so after his death. But last July the near-bankrupt Leader was bought by a well-connected businessman. |
| In September the then-editor, Frederica Jansz, said he had sacked her for not toeing his political line. She then fled abroad citing fresh death threats. | In September the then-editor, Frederica Jansz, said he had sacked her for not toeing his political line. She then fled abroad citing fresh death threats. |
| Under a new editor, Sakunthala Perera, the paper has issued retractions of past articles and has lost some of its most outspoken columnists. | Under a new editor, Sakunthala Perera, the paper has issued retractions of past articles and has lost some of its most outspoken columnists. |