Chamara Indrajith, one of the main suspects of yesterday’s jewellery shop robbery and shootout in Matara, has been shot and killed by police today when he allegedly tried to hurl a grenade at them.
The suspect was taken by police to recover a hidden bag of clothes to the area called Kirala Kaley (Kirala Forest) after his arrest. Initially police said that the suspect was shot and injured, however, it was later confirmed that he had succumbed to injuries while being taken to the hospital.
One police officer was killed, two other police officers and two civilians were injured and hospitalised following the shootout outside the famous Nileka jewellery shop in Matara town, between several armed men wearing helmets who were robbing the store and policemen responding to a witness phone call, at around 10.45am yesterday.
Following a search operation carried out in the vicinity by the police immediately after the gun battle, one of the suspects Chamara Indrajith Jayasundara was caught in the Hunukotuwa area.
Three other suspects were arrested after they were found left behind near the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital with gunshot wounds. They are currently receiving treatment at the hospital ICU.
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