Six killed in Sri Lanka gang violence

AFP, COLOMBO: Six people were killed in two incidents of apparently gang-related violence in Sri Lanka on Friday, police said, despite a tough crackdown ordered last week.
Five were found burned to death in a van on a remote stretch of road outside Colombo, their bodies too charred to be easily
identified.
“This looks like some kind of revenge attack,” a senior police official told AFP.
“An investigation is under way to identify the victims. We suspect this has something to do with gang rivalry.”
In a separate incident, gunmen burst into a home in the island’s south and opened fire, killing a woman and wounding her husband, police said.
No arrests have yet been made over the deaths, which come days after President Maithripala Sirisena drafted in the military to help tackle a surge in gang-related shootings.
Security forces have been asked to conduct joint operations with the police to dismantle crime networks responsible for drug
smuggling and extortion rackets.

 

Six killed in Sri Lanka gang violence

AFP, COLOMBO: Six people were killed in two incidents of apparently gang-related violence in Sri Lanka on Friday, police said, despite a tough crackdown ordered last week. Five were found burned to death in a van on a remote stretch of road outside Colombo, their bodies too charred to be easily identified. This looks like some kind of revenge attack, a senior police official told AFP. An investigation is under way to identify the victims. We suspect this has something to do with gang rivalry. In a separate incident, gunmen burst into a home in the islands south and opened fire, killing a woman and wounding her husband, police said. No arrests have yet been made over the deaths, which come days after President Maithripala Sirisena drafted in the military to help tackle a surge in gang-related shootings. Security forces have been asked to conduct joint operations with the police to dismantle crime networks responsible for drug smuggling and extortion rackets.