Two unidentified gunmen have shot dead two motorcyclists in the Kadawatha area.
The shooting had taken place last night (24) in the Kadawatha, Mahara 9th Mile Post area on the Colombo – Kandy main road by two motorcyclists using T-56 assault rifles, police said.
One of the injured was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital and the other to the Kiribathgoda Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The victims were a 30-year-old man and a 31-year-old who are residents of Peliyagoda.
No information has been revealed about the killers who carried out the shooting and Kadawatha Police are conducting investigations.
