One person injured in police fire – another arrested with ammunition
Posted by Editor on June 11, 2023 - 9:51 am
One of the two persons on a motorcycle was injured and hospitalised when Police opened fire at them at Karapitiya, Galle.
Police fired at them while one of them tried to hurl a foreign-made hand grenade at a mobile patrol when checking.
The other man was arrested later and 105 rounds of T-56 ammunition was recovered from his possession, Sri Lanka Police said.
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