Police officer remanded for shooting dead four officers

The Police Sergeant who shot and killed four other police officers at the Thirukkovil police station has been remanded until January 06, 2022.

 

Four police officers were killed and three more were left wounded after a Sergeant attached to the same police station opened fire at the Thirukkovil police station in Ampara District on Christmas eve.

 

The officer-in-charge (OIC) of the police station was among the wounded police officers hospitalized following the incident that took place inside the police station between 10.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m. on Friday night.

 

The suspect had then opened fire using that firearm, targeting his fellow police officers inside the station. The Thirukkovil OIC, who had been out of the station due to an official duty, had then arrived at the police station in his police jeep at that moment while the suspect had also opened fire at that vehicle.

 

Police said that three wounded police officers including the OIC of the police station are undergoing treatment at the Thirukkovil and Akkaraipattu hospitals.