Lasantha Wickrematunge, a prominent Sri Lankan journalist and outspoken critic of the government`s war on ethnic Tamil rebels, knew he was marked for death - and thought he knew why. Three days after he was gunned down execution-style, Wickrematunge`s newspaper published a haunting, self-written obituary on Sunday in which he says he was targeted for his writings and adds: `When finally I am killed, it will be the government that kills me.`
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Lankan troops poised to capture Elephant Pass
Image: Sonali Samarasinghe wife of Sunday Leader newspaper editor Lasantha Wickramatunga pays last respects near his body in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 12. Wickramatunga, who was harshly critical of the government, was shot and killed by gunmen riding motorcycles as he drove to work on January 8.
