Thirteen witnesses identify suspects in British tourist killing

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However, according to our correspondent, Russian national Victoria Alexandrovna, 23, who sustained injuries following the clash, failed to identify any of the suspects.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Sampath Chandrapushpa Widanapathirana, who surrendered to the Police over the incident, was identified by only one witness.

Fourteen witnesses, including Alexandrovna, were present at the identification parade at the Tangalle Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

According to our correspondent, the identification parade which commenced at noon yesterday, lasted till midnight. He went on to note that securit in the area was also tightened.

The five suspects were further remanded by the Tangalle Magistrate and are scheduled to be presented in Court today.

Khuram Shaikh Zaman, 32, a British national of Israeli origin who served in the Gaza strip as a volunteer of the Red Cross, was killed following a clash at a tourist hotel in the Madilla area in Tangalle on December 24, 2011.

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