The car allegedly used by unidentified gunmen who opened fire at a house near the Dewundara Devalaya in Matara has been found in Dikwella.
Police said that a car had been parked on the New Beliatta Road last night (22), and when officers attempted to inspect it, the driver sped away without stopping.
The vehicle later crashed into a drain and came to a halt, following which the driver fled the scene, police told Ada Derana.
A subsequent inspection confirmed that the vehicle was the same one used in the shooting near the Dewundara Devalaya.
On Tuesday night (21), a group arriving in a car had fired several shots at a house belonging to a person engaged in fishing activities in the Eadanda Road area of Devinuwara, within the Gandara Police Division, before fleeing the scene.
CCTV footage had captured the suspects arriving in a car, carrying out the shooting and escaping from the location.
