Party gatecrashers injure five Tamils in Switzerland

Rafik JALALDEEN

COLOMBO: Five Sri Lankan Tamils were injured when an armed group stormed a house and attacked Tamils hosting a party in Bern, Switzerland on Saturday.

The six heavily armed and masked men had entered the house where around 50 Tamils were hosting a party on Saturday. The armed gang fired at the guests and attacked them with weapons. Five guests who were injured were transported to hospital in an ambulance.

“The incident took place at a suburb of Bumpliz in Bern,” sources said.

Police said “the six men who were carrying different weapons, sprayed a chemical to air and destroyed the furniture before fleeing from the scene”.

Police believe the incident may have occurred following a dispute between two groups.