Two police officers have been hospitalised following a shooting in Akuressa this morning.
According to the police, an individual who had been riding pillion on a motorcycle which had ignored their signals to stop had fired gunshots at the policemen.
The incident had occured when police officers had given chase to three persons who had been travelling on a motorcycle without a number plate.
The injured officers are receiving treatment at the Matara Hospital. Further investigations are underway.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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