Another suspect in the Beliatta mass shooting, which left five people dead, has been detained by the Police.
This increases the number of individuals arrested in connection with the quintuple murder to 13.
On Tuesday (6), the suspect has turned himself in to the Police through a Lawyer.
Aged 24, he has been identified as a resident of the Imbulgoda area of Akuressa, Matara.
On January 22, a group of people who had arrived in an SUV shot five persons who were travelling in a defender dead.
Four individuals were killed instantly in the shooting incident that occurred between 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. The fifth person died after being admitted to the Tangalle Hospital after serious gunshot wounds.
Saman Perera, the leader of “Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya” was among the deceased. Sameera Madhusanka, Hasitha Chinsuka, Buddhika Rajapaksha, and Nalin Champika were the other four victims.
The SUV that was used by the gunmen was located by investigating officers near Vidyaloka Pirivena in Galle on January 24.
The driver of the SUV who is suspected to have been involved in orchestrating the murders, the wife and father of the primary gunman, a retired naval officer who is now at large are among those detained.
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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