Police said that so far none of those responsible for the bloody clashes at the Ruhuna University’s Wellamadama Campus were arrested. Thirty two undergraduates including two female were injured in the clashes that erupted on the wee hours of Friday.

Students Council members alleged more than 60 undergraduates of the Science Faculty had escorted outsiders armed with fire arms into the university premises and assaulted them at gun point.

Some had fired in the sky.

HQI, Matara police Shirley Gunasena told The Island yesterday that they could not arrest any of the suspects due to lack of evidence. He said the apprehension of the attackers is not possible due to incomplete eye witnesses’ accounts.

The undergraduates currently warded in the Matara General Hospital could not provide information leading to an arrest. The university security officials too had not been able to provide any substantiate information to identify the culprits.

"So, the investigations are continuing, and we have deployed a large number of police officers to investigate," HQI Gunasena said.

Convener of the Inter University Students’ Federation Duminda Nagamuwa alleged a UNP mediaman turned politician in the South had assisted the attackers. "The university administration had failed to provide security to students. Our comrades were attacked at gun point inside the university premises. Now the police cannot arrest the culprits who are henchmen of a UNP politico," he said.

He added the conditions of two warded students are serious and two of them had to undergo surgeries.

Director of the Matara General Hospital Dr. K. I. Padmathilaka said all students have been discharged after the treatment. "The last patient was discharged on Saturday," Dr. Padmathilaka said.

Acting Vice Chancellor of the Ruhuna University Professor K. D. N. Weerasinghe, said a committee chaired by Professor Moli de Silva has been appointed to conduct an internal investigation into the clashes. He too said that so far no strong evidence received to establish the identity of the attackers.