Armed groups in Kathankudi, Batticaloa have handed their weapons

	Weapons were handed over via Muslim Mosque Association

Arms groups in Kathankudi, Batticaloa have handed their weapons to the authorities on Saturday.

Through the Association of Muslim Mosques in the Eastern Province illegal weapons were handed over to the police at a ceremony held at Meera Jumma Mosque in Kanthankudi.

An amnesty given by the police to handover all illegal weapons in Eastern Province ended on Saturday. Receiving the weapons DIG eastern province Edison Gunatilake described the event ‘historic” and, requested the people to encourage handing over of the rest.

T56, SMG, 303 rifles and shot guns were among the weapons.