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Sri Lanka

10 January 2011

Guardian (Sri Lanka)

COLOMBO - A six year old girl was killed by a trap gun in front of her father in, Galagamuwa in Kurunegala district in early December, (Lankadeepa December 3rd 2010). The incident happened when the father was preparing the trap gun with his daughter looking on and it accidentally exploded. This was the latest death reported in the media related to the trap gun menace in Sri Lanka. The same month a police sergeant was seriously injured with a trap gun when the teams of... (GunPolicy.org)

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