INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The police have opened fire at a lorry transporting cattle after the driver defied the orders to stop in Kananke in the early hours of the
day.One person who was inside the speeding vehicle was admitted to the Teaching Hospital in Karapitiya after sustaining gunshot
wounds.Meanwhile, two others reportedly fled the scene as the police officers approached.The incident took place around 4.30 a.m
on Thursday (11) near the Kananke Raja Maha Viharaya after the police officers on night patrol duty observed cattle being loaded into the
lorry.However, the driver had sped up when the officers signaled the vehicle to pull over
