<p>"About an hour ago, the LankaeNews office premises was set on fire. At about 2.00 am today, a group of unknown personnels had broken into the premises and set it on fire," the trilingual independent website www.lankaenews.com posted on its main page.<br />"By now everything that was inside the building has been destroyed," it said.<br />The news was posted at 3.25 am in the morning.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.<br />Prageeth Ekneligoda -- a journalist and political cartoonist -- who worked with the Lankaenews website went missing an year ago.<br /><br />The website, which has Sinhala, Tamil and English services, last week directed its users to a banner demanding the government to reveal the truth behind his incident to mark one year of his disappearance.<br /><br />According to media rights organisations, some 17 journalists and media workers have been killed in Sri Lanka in the past decade. PTI CorrWebsite office set on fire in Sri Lanka<br />Colombo, Jan 31 (PTI) The office of a popular Sri Lankan news website, managed by a journalist who is in exile due to threats against his life, was set on fire in the wee hours today by unidentified persons.<br /><br />"About an hour ago, the LankaeNews office premises was set on fire. At about 2.00 am today, a group of unknown personnels had broken into the premises and set it on fire," the trilingual independent website www.lankaenews.com posted on its main page.<br />"By now everything that was inside the building has been destroyed," it said.<br />The news was posted at 3.25 am in the morning.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.<br />Prageeth Ekneligoda -- a journalist and political cartoonist -- who worked with the Lankaenews website went missing an year ago.<br /><br />The website, which has Sinhala, Tamil and English services, last week directed its users to a banner demanding the government to reveal the truth behind his incident to mark one year of his disappearance.<br /><br />According to media rights organisations, some 17 journalists and media workers have been killed in Sri Lanka in the past decade.</p>
<p>"About an hour ago, the LankaeNews office premises was set on fire. At about 2.00 am today, a group of unknown personnels had broken into the premises and set it on fire," the trilingual independent website www.lankaenews.com posted on its main page.<br />"By now everything that was inside the building has been destroyed," it said.<br />The news was posted at 3.25 am in the morning.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.<br />Prageeth Ekneligoda -- a journalist and political cartoonist -- who worked with the Lankaenews website went missing an year ago.<br /><br />The website, which has Sinhala, Tamil and English services, last week directed its users to a banner demanding the government to reveal the truth behind his incident to mark one year of his disappearance.<br /><br />According to media rights organisations, some 17 journalists and media workers have been killed in Sri Lanka in the past decade. PTI CorrWebsite office set on fire in Sri Lanka<br />Colombo, Jan 31 (PTI) The office of a popular Sri Lankan news website, managed by a journalist who is in exile due to threats against his life, was set on fire in the wee hours today by unidentified persons.<br /><br />"About an hour ago, the LankaeNews office premises was set on fire. At about 2.00 am today, a group of unknown personnels had broken into the premises and set it on fire," the trilingual independent website www.lankaenews.com posted on its main page.<br />"By now everything that was inside the building has been destroyed," it said.<br />The news was posted at 3.25 am in the morning.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.<br />Prageeth Ekneligoda -- a journalist and political cartoonist -- who worked with the Lankaenews website went missing an year ago.<br /><br />The website, which has Sinhala, Tamil and English services, last week directed its users to a banner demanding the government to reveal the truth behind his incident to mark one year of his disappearance.<br /><br />According to media rights organisations, some 17 journalists and media workers have been killed in Sri Lanka in the past decade.</p>