A toddler, aged 01 ½ years old, has died after being run over by a tipper truck operated by her father in the Ambalkulam area in Kilinochchi.

The Police said the child had been run over when the man switched on the tipper truck to be driven out of their front yard last evening.

The Kilinochchi Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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One person has been injured after the Point Pedro Police opened fire at a tipper truck that failed to heed orders to stop. 

The Police said the tipper truck transporting sand had been shot at in the Velvettithurai Police Division. 

Following the shooting, the injured person had been admitted to a nearby hospital.

The Police had also seized a stock of cannabis from the vehicle. 

It is reported that the Police had opened fire on the truck based on a tip-off that it was smuggling narcotics. (Newswire)

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