One killed in Lanka poll attack

Gunmen in Sri Lanka yesterday opened fire on a bus carrying supporters of the main opposition presidential candidate, killing one political activist, police said.
Several other people were wounded when unidentified attackers sprayed bullets into the vehicle of campaigners backing Sarath Fonseka in elections due on January 26.
"One person was killed instantly, another opposition supporter was hospitalised and several others had minor injuries," a local police officer, who declined to named, told AFP by telephone.
Sri Lankan elections have been marred in the past by violence but Tuesday's shooting, near the town of Hungama in the south of the island, was the first in the run-up to the presidential vote.