One person was killed in a shooting in the Redbanawatte area in Modara yesterday (06).
A 24-year-old resident of the Aluth Mawatha area in Colombo was shot dead by two unidentified persons who had arrived in a three-wheeler.
The motive for the murder has not been identified yet and police suspect that it may have been a personal dispute over drug trafficking or some other reason.
Accordingly, the number of shooting deaths has increased to 5 in the last 4 days.