Girl getting assaulted goes viral

By Cassandra Doole-2016-09-07

A video of a young girl being grievously assaulted by the attendees at the SLFP's 65th Convention in Kurunegala, who had seen her spitting on a beggar, has gone viral on social media raising the ire of web crawlers everywhere.

Our sources said the girl had allegedly spat at a beggar near the Maligapitiya Grounds in Kurunegala, rousing the anger of onlookers at the convention who had beaten her and a male accomplice, when they responded aggressively to the crowd's censures.

The video shows Police officers intervening and dispersing the crowd. However, our source said he had not yet heard of any official complaint being made against the offending duo to the Kurunegala Police.

The incident had occurred Sunday evening on the perimeter of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Convention.