Lawyers protest in Sri Lanka against brutal attack against lawyer appeared in a murder case

The Association of Lawyers of Magistrate Courts of Colombo launched a protest today before the main court in Colombo today demanding immediate arrest of the culprits of the attack against a lawyer who appeared for the double murder of two Buddhist monks in a temple in Kotte.

Hundreds of lawyers boycotted court proceedings today and launched a protest campaign before Hulftsdorp court complex paralyzing the court proceedings.

 However, the Deputy Inspector General of Police - Colombo, Anura Senanayaka met the lawyers and discussed with them. The lawyers agreed to suspend their action on the promise of police to arrest the culprits of the assault incident.

A lawyer named Sumith Silva was brutally attacked and a spittoon filled with saliva was poured over his body by a group led by Buddhist monks and laymen in front of the Nugegoda Magistrate Court as he was coming out of the court following appearing for the suspects of the murder of two Buddhist monks.

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