Dan Priyasad, political activist and convenor of the “Nawa Sinhale National Movement,” has died after sustaining gunshot injuries in a shooting incident in Wellampitiya last night (April 22).
The incident occurred at the ‘Laksanda Sevana’ Housing Complex. Priyasad was rushed to the Colombo National Hospital with critical injuries after being shot four times—twice in the chest and twice in the shoulder—but succumbed to his injuries shortly after admission.
Another individual sustained minor injuries in the incident and is currently receiving treatment.
According to police, two unidentified assailants arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire with a pistol before fleeing the scene.
The Wellampitiya Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
