Sirasa Attack : Court order arrests

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A Sri Lankan court today (19) ordered the arrest of all the suspects allegedly involved in the attack on the MBC/MTV head office at Braybrooke Place, Colombo in March this year.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne ordered the police to arrest the suspects when the magisterial inquiry on the attack on MBC/MTV head office was taken up for hearing.

The Slave Island Police had informed Court that they were still investigating to locate the whereabouts of 14 suspects based on a name list provided by the Sirasa media network.

The Magistrate then directed the police to record statements from the photographers and ruled that the video footage and photographs could be used as evidence in the case.

The MBC/MTV office at Braybrooke place, Colombo was attacked by a group of people on March 22 and 16 suspects were arrested and later released on police bail by the Slave Island police.

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