Sri Lanka Journalists Attacked

Sri Lanka security forces and police resorted to violence injuring at least four journalists covering the massive protests in the crisis-hit country.

An India-based photo journalist, who was in Sri Lanka to cover the aftermath of Easter Sunday bombings, was arrested by Sri Lankan police for alleged unauthorised entry into a school.

Sri Lankan police arrested a Reuters news agency journalist Thursday while he was covering the aftermath of Easter bombings and remanded him in custody for two weeks on a charge of trespassing, officials said.

Paul McClean, a 24-year-old British journalist for the Financial Times, died following a crocodile attack Thursday afternoon while he was vacationing with friends in Sri Lanka, according to local authorities.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he wants to re-open investigations into all past murders and disappearances of journalists.

A Sri Lankan newspaper vowed it would not be intimidated Sunday after an investigative reporter survived an assassination bid, the latest in a string of attacks against the country's media.

Sri Lanka security forces and police resorted to violence injuring at least four journalists covering the massive protests in the crisis-hit country.

An India-based photo journalist, who was in Sri Lanka to cover the aftermath of Easter Sunday bombings, was arrested by Sri Lankan police for alleged unauthorised entry into a school.

Sri Lankan police arrested a Reuters news agency journalist Thursday while he was covering the aftermath of Easter bombings and remanded him in custody for two weeks on a charge of trespassing, officials said.

Paul McClean, a 24-year-old British journalist for the Financial Times, died following a crocodile attack Thursday afternoon while he was vacationing with friends in Sri Lanka, according to local authorities.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he wants to re-open investigations into all past murders and disappearances of journalists.

A Sri Lankan newspaper vowed it would not be intimidated Sunday after an investigative reporter survived an assassination bid, the latest in a string of attacks against the country's media.