One person was killed and a child and a woman was injured during a shooting at Pattiya Handiya, Kelaniya yesterday (26), Police said.
The injured were admitted to the hospital.
The victim who was killed during the shooting was a 31-year old resident in Minuwangoda. He was traveling on a motorcycle with his wife and two-year-old child when two men on another motorcycle came in and opened fire.
The child was admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, Borella and a bystander who was injured as she was walking nearby at the time of the shooting was admitted to the National Hospital, Colombo.
The Police revealed that the victim was a member of an organised crime gang and the reason for the assassination is yet to be revealed.
Further investigations are being conducted by the Peliyagoda Police.
MIAP
