<P>Sgamuwa Uni students injured in gang attack 
[October 11 2014]

<P>At least 12 students of the Sabaragamuwa University were injured when an unidentified gang hurled petrol bombs at the makeshift hut they have set up to carry a hunger strike on Friday night, the police said. 

<P>A masked group armed with clubs and swords that stormed in a van had started attacking the students who were protesting near the main entrance of the Sabaragamuwa University at Pambahinna Junction on the Badulla - Colombo Road. 

<P>About 12 students who were injured were admitted to the Pambahinna Hospital and six of them were transferred to the Balangoda Base Hospital in a critical condition, the police said. 

<P>The Sabaragamuwa University was closed indefinitely last Sunday after several female students had forced their way into the men’s hostel following an altercation over a hostel issue.