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STF nabs wanted criminal
By Norman Palihawadane
The STF has taken into custody a person, named Liyana Saman Kumara Mendis alias Kalupe Duminda, who is alleged to have committed three murders. The arrest was made during a raid in the Udahamulla Watta, Gonapinuwala.
Police found a 12-bore Gal Katas (homemade gun) and two 12-bore live rounds in the possession of the suspect.
The lethal items were handed over to the Gonapinuwala Police Station for further investigation. According to the police, the suspect’s prior criminal offences include an attack on a tourist restaurant, called “Mamibos”, at Narigama, in Hikkaduwa on 24.02.2022, shooting and killing a person in Meetiyagoda on 28.12.2018; shooting and killing of a person in Hikkaduwa, on 22.06.2018, and shooting and killing of a man, in Hikkaduwa on 23.09.2018.