08/15/2011
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news.lk
The Northern Province Senior DIG Gamini Silva has said that the main suspect in the attack on the News Editor of Uthayan newspaper Gnanasunderam Kuganathan has been taken into police custody this morning. He has said that a special police team was deployed from Jaffna to apprehend the suspect while at the Kalubowila Hospital in Colombo.
08/13/2011
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BBC
Parts of Sri Lanka are gripped by a bizarre outbreak of panic, rage and mob violence. At least four people have died in the vigilante violence and related confrontations.
08/12/2011
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Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Panic over nighttime assaults blamed on grease devils has struck across rural Sri Lanka, leading to the deaths of at least three people this week, prompting women to stay indoors and
03/02/2011
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Sunday Times
The Defence Ministry has set up a hotline to complain on cases of corruption, abductions and cases of demanding ransom mainly in the north and east, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hulugalle said.
02/13/2011
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The Sunday Leader
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has once again raised concerns regarding the security situation in Jaffna. This time, however, their concerns revolve around how the people have been affected by recent measures taken by authorities in Jaffna, supposedly to help eradicate crime.
“The government, or the army, is calling people to register themselves with photos of families. This is done through the Grama Niladaris,” explained TNA MP Suresh Premachandran.
01/27/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Gang terrorized Sri Lanka\'s northern city of Jaffna arrested (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
01/09/2011
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Sunday Times
Mounting incidents of crime in the northern Jaffna and Vavuniya districts have prompted Police to advise residents to wear only imitation jewellery and take extra steps to protect their homes. These are among the measures proposed by two senior Police superintendents in leaflets widely disturbed yesterday in the north.
01/02/2011
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Sunday Times
An increase in armed robberies and murders has rocked Jaffna, with residents calling for additional security measures in the area. At least four murders, two abductions and 15 robberies took place in Jaffna last month, according to Police.
08/12/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan police arrested three Iranian men and seized a haul of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of tens of millions of dollars, a spokesman said Thursday.
07/20/2010
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Globe and Mail
A man deported to Sri Lanka is in hiding after being interrogated, and possibly tortured, in Colombo – the result, his Toronto lawyer says, of an exaggerated news release from the Canadian government trumpeting his removal.