One injured following shooting in Gampaha

One injured following shooting in Gampaha

April 8, 2017   04:37 pm

One person was wounded and hospitalised following a shooting incident in Katugasthara, Gampaha.

Police said that an unidentified gunman in a car had opened fire at a jeep with three persons inside and that one of them was hit by a bullet. He has been admitted to the Gampaha Hospital.

A special police team is conducting investigations to apprehend the suspect, who had immediately fled the scene after the shooting.    

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