30-year-old shot dead at Ragama
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on January 2, 2020 - 8:53 am
A person has been gunned down and killed at Kendaliyaddapaluwa area in Ragama yesterday (01).
The police said a 30-year-old from Mattegoda area was killed in the shooting incident which took place at around 7.50 p.m.
Preliminary police investigations have uncovered that the cause of the shooting was a dispute over a vehicle.
According to reports, Peliyagoda Police early this morning (02) managed to arrest the gunman involved in this shooting.
The suspect is said to be a deserter from the Army.
Ragama Police is conducting further investigations into the incident.
(Source: Ada Derana)
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