INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police have recovered a motorcycle suspected to have been used by the suspects who carried out the shooting incident that took place at
Weligama, Matara this morning (04).The motorcycle was found abandoned near a lake in the Moonamalpe area of Weligama.A group of five persons
fell on a ward where prisoners were being detained in the Matara Prison.Later, the group was returning home on foot at around 1.00 a.m
this morning (04) when they were shot at on the Valliwela road at Kapparathota in Weligama, the police said.Police suspect that an unknown
group of individuals who arrived on three motorcycles had opened fire on them using a revolver and a T-56 assault rifle before fleeing the
scene.Two of the five people walking on the road were injured in the shooting and were later admitted to the Walana Hospital in
Matara.Police stated that one person died during hospitalization and the other person was transferred to the Matara Hospital for further
treatment.The deceased has been identified as Akash Tharuka, a 26-year-old resident of Kapparathota.The young man injured in the shooting
has been identified as Shehan Dulanjala, 29, and police say the motive behind the shooting has not yet been uncovered.Weligama Police are
conducting further investigations into the incident.
