Sri Lankan cop fatally shoots 4 officers in former war zone

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A policeman opened occurrence connected a radical of chap officers successful Sri Lanka, sidesplitting 4 of them and wounding 3 others, a constabulary spokesperson said Saturday.

The shooting occurred Friday nighttime wrong a constabulary presumption successful the tiny municipality of Thirukkovil successful eastbound Sri Lanka, a constabulary connection said. The municipality is located successful the island’s erstwhile warfare zone, which has been mostly peaceful since the civilian warfare ended successful 2009. The municipality is astir 336 kilometers (208 miles) eastbound of the superior Colombo.

The serviceman successful complaint of the constabulary presumption was among the wounded who were rushed to a hospital.

The constabulary sergeant who carried retired the shooting has been arrested aft helium surrendered to a abstracted constabulary presumption and handed implicit 2 T-56 battle rifles and ammunition, constabulary spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said.

The motive for the shooting was not instantly known.

A constabulary squad headed by a elder serviceman successful the country has been deployed to probe the incident, Thalduwa said.