Three suspects have been arrested over a Buddhist monk’s shooting in the Gampaha district last month, Police said.
The 45-year-old Ven. Kalapaluwawe Dhammarathana Thero was shot dead inside a temple in the Malwathuhiripitiya area of Gampaha on January 23.
Arriving in a car, four unknown people posing as Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Officers, had used a T-56 assault rifle to open fire at the monk.
Upon admission to the Gampaha General Hospital with serious gunshot injuries, the Buddhist monk had passed away.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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