Following a Presidential pardon issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa marking Poson Full Moon Poya day which falls today, at least 93 prisoners including 16 former cadres of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are to be released today, a senior official from Prisons Department said.
The 16 former LTTE cadres are currently detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for years. Among them, 15 of them are detained at Anuradhapura Prisons while one at Jaffna Prisons.
The rest of the 77 inmates had been jailed for minor offenses or unable to pay their fines. All the inmates who received the Presidential pardon are scheduled to be released today.
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A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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