<p><img src="" alt="Featured Image"></p><p><!-- wp:html --><p>The four accused army personnel in the case of Rathupaswala shooting in 2013 in which three including a school student were killed and nearly 50 persons were injured, were acquitted by the Trial-at-Bar at Gampaha High Court.</p>
<p>Delivering the verdict today (17), the court ordered to acquit the four Sri Lanka army personnel including a Major General and three soldiers as the Attorney General has failed to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt.</p>
<p>On 1 August 2013, army personnel opened fire at unarmed villagers at Weliweriya, killing three and injuring about 50 persons, as they protested against a factory which they said polluted their groundwater and demanded clean drinking water.</p>
<p>In August 2019, then Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya appointed a Trial-at-Bar consisting High Court Judges Menaka Wijesundara (President), Nimal Ranaweera and Nishantha Hapuarachchi to hear the Rathupaswala case, after considering the Attorney General's request.</p>
<p>On 11 September 2019, the Attorney General filed indictments before the Trial-at-Bar at the Gampaha High Court, against then-Brigadier Anura Deshapriya Gunawardena and 3 other military persons for allegedly ordering troops to open fire on protesters demanding clean water in Rathupaswala in 2013.</p>
<p>On April 30, 2024, the Gampaha High Court's Trial-at-Bar deferred delivering the verdict in the case until today (17).</p>
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<p>Delivering the verdict today (17), the court ordered to acquit the four Sri Lanka army personnel including a Major General and three soldiers as the Attorney General has failed to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt.</p>
<p>On 1 August 2013, army personnel opened fire at unarmed villagers at Weliweriya, killing three and injuring about 50 persons, as they protested against a factory which they said polluted their groundwater and demanded clean drinking water.</p>
<p>In August 2019, then Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya appointed a Trial-at-Bar consisting High Court Judges Menaka Wijesundara (President), Nimal Ranaweera and Nishantha Hapuarachchi to hear the Rathupaswala case, after considering the Attorney General's request.</p>
<p>On 11 September 2019, the Attorney General filed indictments before the Trial-at-Bar at the Gampaha High Court, against then-Brigadier Anura Deshapriya Gunawardena and 3 other military persons for allegedly ordering troops to open fire on protesters demanding clean water in Rathupaswala in 2013.</p>
<p>On April 30, 2024, the Gampaha High Court's Trial-at-Bar deferred delivering the verdict in the case until today (17).</p>
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