A man has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of a sword and having connection to a string of sword violence related assaults dating back to last year.
The man was arrested on Tuesday night by the Jaffna police for allegedly having connection to a sword violence incident on the 9th July in Jaffna. He was also accused of having connection to sword violence incidents from 2019.
Police officers seized a sword, iron rods and a cricket stump from the man.
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