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Derek Chauvin, police officer who killed George Floyd, stabbed, report says
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been seriously injured in a stabbing, the Associated Press has reported.
Chauvin was stabbed by another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, the AP said, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
Floyd’s death in 2020 sparked worldwide protests against police brutality and racism.
Chauvin, who was filmed kneeling on the Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes, was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison after being found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in April 2021.
The Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Aljazeera)
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to appoint Dr. Mrs. E. R. S. P. Edirimanne serving as a special grade officer in Sri Lanka Agriculture Service in the post of Additional Secretary (Agri Technology) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation as the Commissioner General of Agriculture,
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the resolution furnished by the President in his office as the Minister of Defense to appoint retired Major General of Sri Lanka Army, K. H.P. Palitha Fernando to the post of the Director General of the Department of Civil Defense with immediate effect on contract basis for a period of one (01) year.
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Badulla, Kandy Kurunegala and Matalae effective until 4.00pm today [21].
Accordingly,
Level II [Amber] landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Doluwa and Ududumbara in the Kandy district and Rattota, Wilgamuwa, Yatawatta and Ukuwela in the Matale district.
Level I [Yellow] landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Passara, Badulla and Hali Ela in the Badulla district, Pahathadumbara, Medadumbara and Panvila in the Kandy district, Rideegama in the Kurunegala district and Laggala Pallegama, Ambanganga Korale, Naula, Pallepola and Matale in the Matale district.
R A Chandana Saman Ranaweera Arachchi appointed as Commissioner General of Lands
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Dr. Mrs. E. R. S. P. Edirimanne appointed Commissioner General of Agriculture
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