WORLD BRIEFING / SRI LANKA
Armed men attacked a private Sri Lankan television station, tossing hand grenades, shooting TV screens and starting a fire that caused heavy damage, witnesses and police said.
Reporters Without Borders said the attack followed accusations by state media that the Maharaja Organization’s television and radio stations were not “patriotic” enough in their coverage of the government’s recent gains against ethnic Tamil separatists.
State news media recently quoted lawmakers accusing the Maharaja group of failing to publicize the military’s successes in the long civil war.
Police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekara said authorities did not know who attacked the station.
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