The two spectators who jumped to the Kandy Lake when elephants in the second Kumbal Perahera procession ran amok yesterday (22), were immediately rescued and are safe, Kandy police said.
Crowds were gathered near the cloud walls to watch the Perahera last night when several elephants went on a rampage. The two panicked women had jumped to the lake, but were immediately rescued by police and navy lifesavers, police said.
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Police say that the gunman who shot and killed alleged organised criminal Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ’’Ganemulla Sanjeewa’’ inside the Hulftsdorp court complex this morning was disguised as a lawyer.
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has called the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to carry out a probe on the leak of an important document sent to CID.
The suspect involved in the shooting incident in the Hulftsdorp Magistrate court complex today morning has been arrested in Palaviya, Police said.
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