Students from the Jaffna University are protesting outside the Jaffna District Secretariat. According to reports the protest is causing traffic congestions along the main A9 road.
The students are demonstrating against the deaths of two third year students of the Arts faculty on Friday (October 21). The Criminal Investigation Department has been called in to handle the case. Five policemen attached to the Jaffna Police were arrested and remanded.
The President has ordered an independent and impartial investigation into the deaths of the students.
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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