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Teen driver killed as police open fire on fleeing van in north
A 17-year-old boy was killed in a police shooting in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna district early Tuesday after officers opened
Summary
As the vehicle failed to halt, police opened fire at the van in an attempt to stop it. Police said the rear number plate of the van had been removed. Further investigations are being conducted by the Kayts Police and the Jaffna Divisional Criminal Investigation Unit, police said.
What this story is about
People
- Mandaitivu
- Allapiddy
Organisations
- Kayts Police3
- Vaddukoddai3
- Jaffna Teaching Hospital2
- Jaffna Divisional Criminal Investigation Unit
- Jaffna Divisional Crimes Investigation Unit
- Kayts Police OIC
- Mandathivu
- Nallur
Places
- Jaffna2
- Allaipiddy
- Sri Lanka
- Kayts
Keywords
- van3
- shooting2
- driver2
- dies2
- teen2
- allappiddy
- following
- fleeing
- ignored
- killed
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Teen driver dies following police shootingHiru News - English
17-Year-Old Dies After Police Shooting in KaytsNews First