All four Sri Lanka Army personnel who had been indicted on charges of shooting dead three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water in Rathupaswala in 2013 were today acquitted by the Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar.
Delivering its verdict, the three-judge High Court Trial-at-Bar ordered the acquittal and release of all four accused - a Major and three Army soldiers.
The incident occurred on August 1, 2013, when army personnel opened fire on a protest by villagers in Weliveriya. The villagers were protesting against a factory which they said was contaminating groundwater in their area and were demanding clean drinking water.
The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
The newly appointed heads of mission of Sri Lanka held discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today at the Sri Lankan parliament to explore ways to enhance diplomatic cooperation.
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