A black belt karate champion Gayan Sanjeewa Hapuarachchi who represented Sri Lanka in the South Asian games was alleged to have gone berserk and chopped a 37-year-old mother of two to death, Divulapitiya Police said yesterday.
Villagers and Police stood petrified while watching the suspect displaying a wide array of karate chop, not allowing anyone to come close to him. Ultimately the Police had to fire several shots at his foot to overpower him. He was then taken into custody, OIC Crimes S.P.K. Jayasuriya told the Daily News yesterday.
Police said that the suspect had entered the deceased’s house around 5.00 a.m. while the husband was away.
According to Police, the 29-year-old youth who had returned home after receiving treatment at Angoda mental hospital several weeks ago was running a farm before his conditioned worsened. It is said that suspect had not taken the prescribed medicine.
The suspect, produced before the Negombo Magistrate, was remanded pending the submission of a medical certificate.
Wow, they actually aimed and shot at his foot to affect a non-lethal ending to the situation? That’s pretty hardcore. Here in the US they just pull a Diallo.
“Wow, they actually aimed and shot at his foot to affect a non-lethal ending to the situation? That’s pretty hardcore. Here in the US they just pull a Diallo.”
No they didnt. Its impossible to not kill the hell out of someone while using a firearm. They cant shoot straigh and they were scared and toe shots kill anyway and it was a dark and…
he was standing in the dark and reached into his pocket while the police shouted “Don’t Move!” i tend to not make any sudden movements when i’m around police officers…and i would be even more statuesque if they were pointing guns of any kind at me and telling me not to move.