Police kill the suspects of 8 year-old girl's murder in Batticaloa

 Batticaloa police last night shot dead the three main suspects arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and murder of an eight-year-old school girl in Batticaloa last week when they tried to attack a team of police officers.

Police said that the suspects were arrested by a special police team last night and the team has taken the suspects to a cemetery, following the revelation by the suspects that the child's school has been hidden in the cemetery.

According to a senior police official, one of the suspects had suddenly tried to hurl a hand grenade at the police team and in the ensued escape attempt the three suspects have been shot and killed.

Suspects had revealed to the police at the time of the arrest that they have abducted the girl to get ransom from the parents. As the parents failed to do so, they have killed the girl and dropped into an abandoned well.

Eight-year-old Dinushika Sathishkumar had been dropped off at her school, Kottamunai Kanishta Vidyalaya, by her grandfather on April 28 at around 8.00 a.m. But she never returned home. Later her body was found in an abandoned well in the area.