Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 -- A 17-year-old youth has been killed and two other individuals arrested after Kayts Police opened fire at a vehicle that failed to comply with orders to stop for inspection in the Allapiddy area of Jaffna, police said.

According to police, officers had signaled a suspicious van to stop near the Allapiddy Junction in the Kayts Police Division earlier this morning (10). However, the van had ignored the orders and continued towards Mandativu.

The Kayts Officer-in-Charge (OIC), who was travelling in a police jeep towards Allapiddy after inspecting the Mandativu roadblock, was informed of the incident. The police jeep then had attempted to intercept the van.

As the vehicle continued to evade police, officers initially h...