COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan court on Thursday gave permission to police to exhume the remains of a newspaper editor killed seven years ago for a fresh investigation. RelatedIn a pre-written editorial published posthumously, Wickrematunge speculated about his fate. The 2,500-word piece was published in full by the Guardian and New Yorker, bringing international scrutiny to the plight of journalists in Sri Lanka. The officer who carried out the autopsy reported that the death occurred due to gunshot wounds while the surgeon said the wounds were not from bullets, the television reported. A number of journalists were killed, reported as missing after being abducted by government paramilitaries, or beaten up under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration.

Source: National Post September 26, 2016 17:15 UTC