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Police on April 30 (today) arrested three Police officers for allegedly killing three civilians in Gomarankadawala village in Trincomalee District in 2008, reports Colombo Page.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
Gomarankadawala Trincomalee, Gomarankadawala TrincomaleeTrincomalee
arrest, kill Police ( today ), three Police officers three Police officers, three civiliansThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
Police on April 30 (today) arrested three Police officers for allegedly killing three civilians in Gomarankadawala village in Trincomalee District in 2008, reports Colombo Page. A confession of a person involved in the murder has led to the arrests. The Police officers included an Inspector, a Sergeant and a Constable. They were arrested from Thambalagamuwa, Serunuwara and Udamaluwa Police Stations of Trincomalee District. Earlier, the Police believed the killings were committed by the Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants who were active in the area at the time.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63040-126955-321900 | 4/30/2013 | Sri Lanka | Three Police officers arrested for a killing attributed to LTTE in 2008 |
| 63040-126955-321900 | 4/30/2013 | Sri Lanka | Three Police officers arrested for a killing attributed to LTTE in 2008 |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63040-126955-321900 | 4/30/2013 | Sri Lanka | arrest | Trincomalee |