An Army deserter involved with organised criminals undertaking contract killings has been shot dead in Ganemulla in a shoot out with the STF, police said.
He is believed to have been involved in the recent attempted murder in Ja-ela.
The STF had gone to a location where the suspect was hiding last night.
The STF claimed that the suspect opened fire forcing them to return fire.
The suspect was killed while STF person was also injured.
Police with the STF have launched an operation to crackdown on 20 organised criminal gangs.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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