Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera and twelve others were yesterday noticed to appear before the Court of Appeal on January 20, 2017.
This was regarding an appeal petition filed by the Attorney General challenging the Colombo High Court’s decision to acquit 13 accused including Gnanasara Thera from eleven charges including attacking a church in Thalahena.
Thirteen accused include S.A. Athula Seneviratne, W.M. Sudu Banda, H. Thamara Beatrice, A.K. Denzil Premakumara, D.S.P. Kandana Arachchi, T.K. Somadasa, E.M.V. Ratnayake, K.W. Karunananda, E.M.H. Rathnayake, Ven. Aththaragama Gnanawimala Thera, Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera, Ven. Agulgalle Siri Jinananda Thera and Dhanushka Sanjeewa.
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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