After the fatal shooting, demonstrating area residents threw stones at the police, who fired teargas to disperse the protestors. The PC who shot the motorcyclist has been arrested, produced before the Tissamaharama magistrate and remanded until January 30. He has given a statement saying the motorcyclist first ignored a call to stop, but then stopped the motorcycle and tried to grab his firearm. He said he fired at him as he was fleeing.
The STF and riot squad have been deployed to maintain law and order in the area. Tangalle SP Laksiri Geethal said they were investigating to arrest a former area politician and several others who had provoked the public into attacking the police. Area residents staged a heated protest in front of the Kataragama police station.
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