28 July 2022 08:48 am Views - 134
By Tilakaratne Disanayake and Tony Karunanayake.
Four individuals injured in a shooting near Gampaha High Court yesterday afternoon were admitted to Gampaha general hospital.
Police said one of the them was Saman Rohitha Perera alias Pas Podda” suspected of shooting a prison bus and several other crimes. He, was admitted in a critical condition to the intensive care unit.
Preliminary investigations revealed that he with several others after attending court in connection with a case were walking to their vehicle when a group of unidentified gunmen travelling by van shot at them and fled in the direction of Oruthota. Gampaha police are conducting further investigations on the instructions of ASP Thusitha Kumara and SSP Gampaha Division Indika De Silva.