The third teenage suspect allegedly involved in the stabbing of a student in Matara has been arrested by the Matara Police Intelligence Division, the Police Spokesman said.
He was taken into custody at around 6.20 a.m. this morning
(27).
The suspect, who had allegedly ridden the motorcycle used by the suspects to carry out the murder, is to be produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court today.
The main suspect in the stabbing of a 19 year old youth near a tuition class in Matara had surrendered to the Matara Magistrate’s Court
yesterday while another suspect was also arrested after he surrendered to the Matara SP’s Office. All three
suspects are 17 years of age.
On 24th November, a 19-year-old
student was killed while another was injured in an attack carried out with a sharp object near a tuition class at Elewella in
Matara.
The attack was carried out by three
youths who had arrived on a
motorcycle and waited at a broad
near the class before assaulting the victims, who
were leaving after attending a tuition class.
The attack has been recorded on CCTV cameras near the
scene.
The deceased, a resident of Mahena in Thihagoda, was a Grade 13 student of a leading school in Matara while the attack had reportedly been carried out over love affairs.
Five police teams were deployed to apprehend the murder suspects of the incident.
Police found the motorcycle used by
the suspects abandoned in Welewatte area in Matara.
The main suspect in the stabbing was
remanded until the 3rd
of December.
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