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Kuram Shaikah Zaman Dead: British Man Killed In Sri Lanka On Christmas Eve

Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 26/12/2011 20:08 GMT Updated: 26/12/2011 20:08 GMT

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A British man has been killed in an attack at a Sri Lankan resort on Christmas Eve.

The man, named by local police as Kuram Shaikah Zaman, was found dead in Tangalle on December 25.

The Foreign Office confirmed a man had died but no further details have been released.

Mr Zama and a Russian woman were attacked after arguing with a man, the BBC reported.

The woman, named as Victoria Alexandrovna, is being treated in hospital in Galle.

According to a post-mortem examination, Mr Zaman was attacked with a sharp weapon and shot. He is believed to be of Israeli origin and had been working in the Gaza Strip

Four men have been arrested.

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gordo001
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12:40 AM on 01/12/2012
Thought Sri Lanka which is mostly Buddhist would be all peaceful and want the best everyone this along with the way that they treated the Tamils before during and after the war boy was I surely mistaken. Guess you never can judge a book by its cover.
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White Kirin
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07:11 AM on 12/29/2011
Can't believe people discuss the passport and origin of the victim instead of sending words of support to his family... It is so sad... People, where is your kindness???
Sorry, if my English is not good enough for you. I'm Ukrainian and thanks God don't live in the UK if all British are so cruel and ignorant.
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kelkoo
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03:27 AM on 12/28/2011
His ethnic origin was Pakistan
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kelkoo
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03:24 AM on 12/28/2011
The news reports are incorrect, he was a british born citizen who had decided to work for the Red Cross and help people less fortunate than himself, he was not a drug dealer! I'm a friend of the victim, its is a very sad time for the family and us all, we just hope we get justice
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losicers
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06:08 PM on 12/27/2011
Meant lol because Huffington Post says he is Israeli, got it wrong again.
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losicers
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06:05 PM on 12/27/2011
NEVER, NEVER Israeli with a name like that lol
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Mick the Greek
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06:12 PM on 12/27/2011
Most likely he was an "Israeli Arab" and would have been Palestinian if they were allowed to have a State. To mnaazmy below; they guy worked fitting prosthetic limbs to amputees in Gaza - the kind of place NONE of our "tough" gangsta drug dealers would dare to go.
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mnaazmy
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02:42 PM on 12/27/2011
It is said that this guy is also a drug dealer, and at that time of fight he has been drunken
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Domino1988
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08:48 PM on 12/27/2011
This is far from the truth! He was a very respected man who worked for the red cross! So please before you post things like this know some facts!!!
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zak dobermann
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11:39 AM on 12/27/2011
With a name like that, in this day and age, he is most certainly British!!!!
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dough370
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10:27 AM on 12/27/2011
Says he is of Israeli origin so how does he become british.
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almeda11
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09:01 PM on 12/27/2011
Easy, lf his parents, ot grandparents, had come to the uk when young and worked here for many years they could then have applied for british citizenship which, when he was born in the uk, would have been automatically passed onto him.
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rosasturtles1
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02:24 AM on 12/27/2011
rip
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mfa11e
Tell the truth ,regardless
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10:33 PM on 12/26/2011
Not exactly a typical English name.As usual a foreigner gains our passport and miraculously becomes British
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godipo
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03:25 AM on 12/27/2011
Colonialist much? You are a bit behind the times...The sun has set.
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Roger47
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11:44 AM on 12/27/2011
godipo, judging by the posts on this story it's you who's behind the times.
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Jacktheflamebearer
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10:07 AM on 12/27/2011
Yes, with such a "British" name, I bet his ancestors were fighting for Britain on the beaches at Normandy.
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Xenos14
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11:32 AM on 12/27/2011
No actually - he wasn't born then; our ancestors however were busy making plans to give away "his" ancestors' country to some other folk. Agree with earlier posts that acquiring a British passport is not the same as being "British".
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