26.6.2008
Rasika Somarathna

A Foreigner detained at the Immigration Department detention camp in Mirihana had stabbed two Police constables yesterday causing them grievous injuries.

Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunesekera confirming the incident said that the offender who was believed to be an Arab national had stabbed the two Policemen during one of their periodical visits to the camp without any provocation. According to sources, the foreigner had been detained on charges of violating Sri Lankan Immigration regulations.

Also according to unconfirmed sources the Foreigner is believed to be suffering from a mental illness which might have caused him to act in such a manner. Meanwhile, SSP Gunesekara said that the Police had launched an investigations into the incident.