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President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in a media communique has expressed her deep sorrow and shock on the death of undergraduate O.V.Samantha of Sri Jayawardenepura University following injuries sustained in the course of a clash between two student groups.

"This is one of the most tragic incidents in the history of our Universities. This unfortunate death is a glaring manifestation of the thorough degradation of discipline and morals among the University population today. Escalation of university crises to the extent of loss of life cannot be tolerated at any cost.The entire university system as a whole is responsible for the death of the student Samantha, states the communique".

The communique states that all sections concerned, must see to the prevention of similar incidents recurring in the university education system which is the nerve centre of human resources development targeting long drawn social development objectives.

"The relevant Minister as well as the University authorities concerned have been called upon to submit detailed reports on the incident immediately," states the communique.

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