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SLAF helicopters flew 12 sorties to drop water in
an effort to douse a forest fire in the Knuckles mountain range
yesterday, Air Force sources said. Officials told the Sunday
Observer that while the fire had not yet been completely put out,
they had succeeded in blocking the spread toward nearby communities.
Over seven years after the assassination, the slain Sunday Leader
editor Lasantha Wickrematunga’s body will be exhumed on September
27, on the orders of the Mount Lavinia Magistrate Mohamed Saafdeen.
The order was made following a request by the CID to exhume the
body.
Wasim Thajudeen’s cold-blooded murder case:
Despite the twists and turns in the Wasim Thajudeen murder case
probe and the present impasse over the CCTV footage, the Thajudeen
family’s lawyer Misbah Sathar expressed confidence in the pace and
substance of the investigations. “We are hopeful that justice will
be served.
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