By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Dec 27, 2022
About 497 Sri Lankans have been killed in violence during the first 11 months of 2022, according to crime statistics released by the police.
Out of them, 223 deaths were caused by shooting and assault.
About 3,596 instances of kidnappings with the intention of collecting ransoms have been recorded. This is a 2,800 percent increase from the same period last year, when there were only 835 such incidents.
https://island.lk/3596-lankans-kidnapped-in-first-11-months-of-2022/
