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Parami Kulatunga † | |
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Born | [1] Lewella, Kandy, Sri Lanka | 9 October 1951
Died | 26 June 2006 Pannipitiya, Colombo | (aged 54)
Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
Service | Sri Lanka Army |
Years of service | 1971–2006 |
Rank | Lieutenant general (posthumously awarded) |
Unit | Gemunu Watch |
Commands | Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army |
Battles / wars | Sri Lankan Civil War |
Awards | Rana Sura Padakkama Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya Uttama Seva Padakkama Desha Putra Sammanaya |
Lieutenant General Parami Sudammika Bandara Kulatunga, RSP, VSV, USP (Sinhala:පාරමී කුලතුංග) (9 October 1951 in Kandy – 26 June 2006 †) was a Sri Lanka Army general. He was serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and its third highest-ranking officer at the time of his assassination. On the morning of 26 June, he was killed by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber who drove an explosives-laden motorbike into his staff car as it was driving to a military base at Pannipitiya near Colombo.