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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, June 23, 2018
Policeman killed, four injured in shootout
A Police officer was killed while two other Policemen and two bystanders
were injured in a shootout between the Police and an armed gang that
robbed a jewellery store on Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Matara last
morning (22).
The Matara Police had been alerted while the robbery was taking place
and a team of Policemen were able to reach the scene as the gang was
making their getaway.
On seeing the Police officers the robbers had opened fire and in the
ensuing gun battle, three Police officers and two civilians were
injured.
All five had been admitted to the Matara District General Hospital while
the severely injured Policeman later succumbed.It is reported that all
the gang members were armed with automatic weapons.
The exact number who had taken part in the robbery was not known but
they had been able to make their escape from the scene with their
injured.
One member of the gang members who has been identified as Chamara was
apprehended by the Police in Hunukotuwa a few hundred metres away from
the scene.
Meanwhile, Police last evening succeeded in apprehending three members
of the criminal gang including a underworld figure ‘Kosgoda Tharaka’ who
were involved in the robbery at the Matara jewellery shop.
The suspects were arrested after being admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital.
Kosgoda Tharaka is wanted in connection with a number of murders and several other crimes in the Southern Province.