Fourteen under arrest over death of assaulted cop in Kebithigollewa

 

A total of 14 suspects are under arrest in connection with the tense situation in Kebithogollewa in which a police officer succumbed to injuries after being assaulted last night. 

Several police officers, responding to a report on the death of a woman caused by a wild elephant attack, had shown up in Rambakapuwewa area in Kebithigollewa. A tense situation then ensued as a group of individuals wielding clubs attacked the police officers. 

However, a police officer sustained critical injuries after one of the individuals brutally assaulted him with a club. Soon after the incident, a Buddhist monk and four others were arrested in connection with the death of the police officer.