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A 36-year-old suspect with a pending warrant against him was arrested while he was attempting to commit suicide after pouring petrol on his body and setting himself on fire this afternoon in Wellampitiya, police said.
The officers of the Colombo Crime Division were notified of an incident where a man was attempting to pour petrol on his body along with two other girls aged 10 and 07 in school uniforms, citing that he was facing injustice and if a solution was not promised, he would commit suicide.
However, the police officers were able to foil his suicide attempt and take him into police custody along with the two girls.
It was later revealed that he has been issued with an open arrest warrant over seven cases pending in courts in addition to being accused of burgling, possession of a grenade and six narcotics-related cases.
The suspect was ordered to be remanded till July 18 over child cruelty and other charges after being produced before the Aluthkade Magistrate's Court. (Sheain Fernandopulle)
R T Saturday, 08 July 2023 12:01 AM
I am a Sri Lankan in Australia, here our newspapers are buzzing with two important news, how an Indian living in Australia murdered another Indian who was his former girl friend by burying her alive , the other news being American decision to send Cluster Ammunitions , banned by many countries as a barbaric weapon that would keep on killing civilians for decades , to Ukraine .
Ram Saturday, 08 July 2023 04:56 AM
People are frustrated. No money to feed children, they resort to crime, cases not heard, need to pay lawyers for every mention, does crime again, if caught third degree methods of assault by Police. They attempt to go with the children to sort out all issues
Wrong timing Saturday, 08 July 2023 09:42 AM
This is one incident, that the speed and action of Police officers are not welcome. They should have waited for a few hours, so that the culprit could have accomplished his intention; or the Police should have helped him to accomplish his intention of suicide, to save all the hassle. Of course the daughters could be saved in time.
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