3 soldiers arrested over assaulting Mullaitivu journalist, bailed

Three Army soldiers arrested over the attack on a journalist in Mullivaikal . yesterday (27), have been released on bail, Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) reports.

 Independent  journalist - Viswalingam Viswachandran had faced this incident near the Mullivaikal name board and according to reports, he had been attacked with a barbed wire wrapped palmyrah frond.

 JDS Lanka has tweeted that the three soldiers from the 59th Division - Eeriyakandure Gedara Vipula (36), Dinuka Sandaruwan Wijeratna (20) & Thiwanka Sangeeth Dhananjaya (21), will face an ‘inquiry’ by military police.