8 people were killed and 231 others were injured in the clashes, health officials said.
A spokeswoman for the National Hospital said that 218 people injured in the clashes had been admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Two persons were killed and five others were injured in a shooting at the Weeraketiya Pradeshiya Sabha premises last night.
People’s Front MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his bodyguard died in Nittambuwa yesterday afternoon.
It is said that the people who had come with the Member of Parliament to Nittambuwa had shot at a group of people who had gathered in Nittambuwa to protest against the attack on the peaceful protestors by the supporters of the People’s Front in front of the Aragaliyagaha Madiraya and the Presidential Secretariat.
A senior spokesman for the Wathupitiwala Hospital said that one of the five injured in the shooting had died.
Meanwhile, a man was killed and four others were injured in an attack on a leading hotel in Negombo, police said.
Chairman of Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha A.V Sarath Kumara has passed away.
Police say the chairman died at the hospital following an attack on his home.
A police sub-inspector has been killed when a tear gas firearm exploded, a police spokesman said.
