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Man takes woman hostage, dies in police shooting
by Norman Palihawadane
A 53-year-old person died when police opened fire in a bid to resolve a dispute at Padiyadora, Mawanella, on Saturday night.Two policemen were injured in the clash and were admitted to the Mawanella Hospital, police said.
A team of policemen who went to Padiyadora to investigate a complaint following a telephone call found that a man, wielding a sword, had taken a woman hostage. When the police surrounded the man, he attacked one of the policemen with the sword. A policeman fired into the air as a warning, yet the man attempted to attack the other policeman.
To save his colleague, another policeman shot at the individual. Police took action to rush the injured and the two policemen to the hospital but the suspect succumbed to his injuries.The two injured police officers are currently receiving treatment at the Mawanella Hospital.
The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union, weeks after a fatal mid-air plane collision in Washington DC.
Several hundreds of the agency’s probationary workers – who have generally been in their positions for less than a year – received the news via email late on Friday night, a statement from PASS’s head, Alex Spero said.
It is a part of a cost-cutting drive, driven by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)., that aims to drastically cut the federal workforce.
Spero called the firings “shameful” and said they “will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin”.
The term of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar has been extended.
Accordingly, Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar took his oath before President Anura Kumara Disanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (17). Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake was also present on this occasion.
The Colombo High Court has served indictments against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.over alleged misappropriation of Rs. 70 million provided by Krrish Company for development of rugby in Sri Lanka.
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