Curfew in North Western Province to be lifted; re-enforced at 6pm
May 14, 2019 03:23 pm
Police curfew imposed on North Western Province last evening will be lifted at 4.00 p.m. today (14) and a 12-hour curfew will be re-enforced at 6.00 p.m.
The curfew will be lifted at 6.00 a.m. tomorrow (15).
Police curfew was implemented in Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya, Dummalasuriya, Rasnayakapura, and Kobeigane areas and in Hettipola last afternoon (13).
The curfew was imposed in several areas under the North Western police division following unrest in Kuliyapitya on the 12th May which saw attacks on shops and property in the area.
According to Police Media Spokesperson, the shops in the area had been attacked with stones and the police curfew was imposed on the whole province to curtail these attacks.
Police then enforced an island-wide curfew at 9.00 p.m. last night until 6.00 a.m. this morning. The curfew affecting the Gampaha police division was also lifted at 6.00 a.m. today.
