FILE of Lakshman Kadirgamar whom police say has died

(12 Aug 2005) SHOTLIST

File - Colombo, 12 January 2005
1. Journalists speaking to US officials
2. Various of US delegation speaking to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Laksjman Kadirgamar
3. Wide of talks at US Embassy

File - Moscow, 23 June 2004
4. Sri Lankan delegation and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar sitting at table talking to Russian Foreign Minister Sergel Lavrov
5. Cutaway of journalists
6. Kadirgamar and Lavrov at table
7. Kadirgamar and Lavrov approaching media
8. Laksjman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister speaking
9. Cutaway
10. Kadirgamar and Lavrov shaking hands

File - Colombo, 11 January 2005
11. Various of German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer entering room and being greeted by Kadirgamar

File - Colombo, 11 January 2005
12. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Da Wei shaking hands with Kadirgamar

STORYLINE:

Police said Sri Lanka's foreign minister died after being shot by unidentified gunmen near his home in Colombo on Friday, a police spokesman said.

Lakshman Kadirgamar, 73, was taken to the National Hospital in the capital for emergency surgery after being shot in the head.

Kadirgamar is from Sri Lanka's Tamil minority and is a close aide of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who appointed him foreign minister in April 2004.

He previously held the position from 1994 to 2001.

Kumaratunga rushed to the hospital to see him and the military closed the road leading to the facility.

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