Batticaloa’s TNA MP P Ariyanenthiran has condemned the shooting of civilians by police earlier this week as an “atrocity”, reported Battinews.
Two Tamil women suffered injuries after being shot by the Sri Lankan police in Kaanchirankuda Panaiyaruppan, Batticaloa on Tuesday night. The police said they were conducting a raid on an illicit alcohol production facility.
Ariyanenthiran said that the police cannot fire at civilians at will and that the TNA “strongly condemned” the act.
The MP said that the police caused turmoil whilst shooting at people and that the locals now lived in fear.
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