Police shoot at Jeep that ignored order to stop
Posted by Editor on October 14, 2019 - 11:41 am
One person was hospitalised when the police opened fire at a jeep in which a group of excise officers were travelling in at Araiviyal Nagar in Kilinochchi this morning.
The police had ordered the jeep to stop based on information that drugs were being transported; however, the driver continued on ignoring the police command to stop the vehicle.
The driver who was injured in the shooting is receiving treatment at the Kilinochchi Hospital.
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