The Fox Hill Super cross 2024 in Diyathalawa, ended in tragedy today after a car veered off the track, killing at least seven persons including for officials conducting the event and injuring 30 others.
Police Media Spokesman, Nihal Thalduwa confirmed that the accident occurred after one of the cars veered into the crowd.
A 12 year old girl witnessing the race too was among those killed.
All remaining races were called off following the accident which has been described as one of the worst in motor sports.
The deceased were soldier R. Abeynayake ( Embilipitiya), Ganesh Jayawardana (Matara), Aruna Shantha Upali Gamage (Matara), Ashen Heenatigala(Matara), Chaminda Niroshan, Udayakumara (Mirhawatta at Dyaarbar junction and Dhanushika from the same area.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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