{"id":53105,"date":"2017-05-20T17:16:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T21:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=53105"},"modified":"2017-05-20T17:20:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T21:20:02","slug":"gunfire-targets-police-vehicle-between-pallai-and-muhamaalai-on-a-9-road-some-hours-before-ranil-and-govt-ministers-arrive-in-jaffna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=53105","title":{"rendered":"Gunfire Targets Police Vehicle  Between Pallai and Muhamaalai on A- 9 Road Some Hours Before Prime Minister and Senior Govt Ministers Arrive in Jaffna."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An operation was launched yesterday to apprehend those responsible for firing at a Police vehicle in Pallai, a senior police officer said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Eastern Province and Acting SDIG Northern Province (NP), Sumith Edirisinghe said officers investigating Friday\u2019s shooting at police officers in Pallai, Kilinochchi, have uncovered several vital clues, which they hope will lead to the speedy arrest of those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral pieces of evidence, including a pair of gloves allegedly used by the shooter, were located during the search. The authorities had also been given the number of a suspicious vehicle seen in the vicinity, prior to the attack,\u201d he  said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Military Spokesman Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne said, \u201cOn Friday, we established a security cordon around the site of the attack, as it is the Army which has the power to do that. But search operations inside the cordon were conducted by police.\u201d The shooting occurred at around 12.15 a.m. on Friday, when a police mobile patrol vehicle was stationary near a railway crossing along the A9 Road between Pallai and Muhamalai. Three officers of the Kilinochchi police station were in the car.<\/p>\n<p>The officers on hearing several gunshots had returned fire. Police suspect the gunmen fired from behind a cover of  dense bushes, 30 metres away from the police vehicle. A railway signal post near the police car was damaged, after being struck by bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe travelled to Jaffna to chair a meeting of the Jaffna District People\u2019s Representatives and Govt officials. Several Govt Ministers as well as NP Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Security was tightened for the the PM\u2019s visit,  with naval vessels patrolling the sea while a heavy presence of armed police and Special Task Force (STF) personnel was visible, and armoured cars were stationed along the A9 Road.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nCourtesy:Sunday Times<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton53105\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D53105&amp;text=Gunfire%20Targets%20Police%20Vehicle%20%20Between%20Pallai%20and%20Muhamaalai%20on%20A-%209%20Road%20Some%20Hours%20Before%20Prime%20Minister...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An operation was launched yesterday to apprehend those responsible for firing at a Police vehicle in Pallai, a senior police officer said. 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