Calm after the storm in Dompe

Normalcy returned to Dompe yesterday following an assurance given to the public by the Army and Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel who were deployed to quell the violence that erupted at the Dompe police station when an angry mob stormed the police station and attacked several police officials and torched a section of the building on Thursday.

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Three police teams probe doctor’s murder

Three police teams from the Southern Province under the supervision of DIG Vijaya Amarasinghe along with a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are investigating the killing of Dr. Priyankara Prasad Jayasinghe who was shot dead near his private dispensary at Karandeniya last Thursday.

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Lanka’s peace boosts diplomats’ role - Maj. Gen. Jagath Dias

The LTTE supportive bodies have been successful in infiltrating into almost any level of the Western society be it social, political, sports or media. “Yet the representation is very small,” said the Deputy Chief of the Sri Lankan Mission in Germany Major General Jagath Dias.

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Sunday Crime

The slaying of a senior police officer:

Was it sudden provocation?

Last week’s killing of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of the Special Task Force (STF) by a Chief Inspector of Police (CI) of the STF camp at Maha-Oya following an argument sent shockwaves in the security establishment. However this wasn’t the first occasion where senior police officers have been killed by subordinate officers following violent outbursts in the past.

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