Soldier sentenced to death for Jaffna murders

The Colombo High Court sentenced a soldier to death yesterday after he was found guilty of murdering eight people in 2000 in Mirusuvil in Jaffna.

Four other suspects were acquitted in the case.

Army Staff Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake who was found guilty of having killed eight people in Mirusuvil at Jaffna in 2000 was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court yesterday – Pic by Lahiru Harshana