AJITH SIRIWARDANA 
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Lebanese suspect injured in police firing at Pamankada
The Havelock Town Pizza Hut would have turned into slaughterhouse yesterday but for the prompt action of a policeman who stopped a Lebanese man armed with a machete going on a hacking spree against three women.Three female employees of the renowned Jonathan’s Studio in Havelock Town had gone to have a quick snack at the nearby Pizza Hut at around 4.30 pm.
Moments later, to their horror, an irate man stormed into the place carrying a long, heavy knife and charged at them spewing obscenities. The terrified women had retreated to the rear of the store to escape from the man and finally ended up inside the toilet.
The store had quickly turned into a pool of blood with the women screaming in pain, and fear of the furious man who was trying to chop them to pieces.
The screams and commotion inside the store had attracted the attention of a police constable who was on Traffic Duty at the nearby roundabout.
He had managed to save the women by shooting the attacker, who had turned to attack him, with his pistol.
The man who had been shot in the shoulder and the three women who had severe injuries were rushed to the National Hospital, Colombo, by the police who arrived on the scene soon after. The condition of one woman was said to be serious.
Police Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara said all four persons had been employees of the studio. The Lebanese, who was employed as a graphic designer, was a permanent resident of Sri Lanka and married to a Sri Lankan woman.
He had been sacked by the studio management on Tuesday for unknown reasons, and reportedly had also had a dispute with the three women over an unsettled debt.
He had earlier lodged a complaint with the Wellawatta Police against the women over the financial dispute and also sworn to get his revenge on them. Police had warned him against taking the law into his own hands and said that an inquiry would be held soon.
But the man who had learnt that the women were at the Pizza Hut had rushed there to get his revenge. He is being treated at the hospital under police guard.
The Wellawatta Police are conducting investigations. (Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana)
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