Five members of Jaffna motorcycle gang arrested

February 1, 2017 07:51 am

By Admin

Police have arrested five suspected members of the motorcycle gang responsible for attacking several individuals using sharp objects and torching a shop in Jaffna.

The suspects were arrested following operations carried out in Jaffna and Kopai along with 4 swords, a hand axe, a tomahawk and a motorcycle, the police spokesman’s office said.

They will be produced before the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court today (01), police said.

CCTV footage released to media yesterday showed several sword-wielding members of a motorbike gang in Jaffna attacking people near a shop which they had damaged by hurling a petrol bomb.

CCTV: Motorcycle gang carries out attack in Jaffna
Jan 31st, 2017

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