The Gampaha High Court Trial-At-Bar today acquitted four suspects from the Sri Lanka Army who were implicated in the Rathupaswala shooting incident, where three people were killed during a protest in 2013.
Issuing the verdict, over 11 years after the incident, the Trial-at-Bar consisting of High Court Judges acquitted an Army officer and three soldiers from the case.
Three persons, including two school children, were killed and 45 others were injured during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water in the Weliweriya area in Rathupaswala, Gampaha on August 01, 2013.
The victims were killed after Army personnel opened fire at villagers who were protesting against a factory that was contaminating drinking water in the area. (Newswire)
