Premadasa Stadium clash: Four arrested

20 July 2015 05:50 am Views - 24324

Four spectators had been arrested by the Maligawattha Police in connection with the clash between two groups of spectators at the R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS) in Keththarama last night, the Police said today.

Two groups in the upper level of the D Block watching the ODI cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan had started exchanging blows and throwing stones at each other.

Several vehicles of the spectators parked outside the stadium were also damaged because of the clash.

The Police, STF and Army had been immediately deployed to bring the situation under control. Police said three persons including two police officers were injured in the clash.

The arrested suspects are to be produced in the Hulftsdorp Magistrate's Court today.(Darshana Sanjeewa)



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