Alleged child killer drowns in Ma-Oya
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on September 19, 2014 - 9:01 am
The suspect who was arrested in connection with the killing of an eight-year-old girl in Akmeemana, Galle died after drowning in the Ma-Oya while attempting to escape from police custody, Police said today.
He had jumped into the Ma-Oya while the police was taking him to locate several weapons. The suspect died before being admitted to the Karapitiya hospital. Two police personnel who tried to save him were also admitted to the Karapitiya hospital.
(Daily Mirror)
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Whatever pleasure it is that one indulges it is always ephemeral, short-lived. For all these ephemeral cravings and desires that foolish person killed an innocent, very young girl who did not even know what the sexual pleasure was.
He paid for it then and there – Dittadhammavedaniya Karma.