Police sergeant shot dead
A Vavuniya police sergeant who was manning a road block was shot dead last night by Tiger rebels.

Police said sergeant Karuna Wickrema had stopped two persons on a bicycle for a routine check when one of them pulled out a gun and shot him dead before they fled.

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