The jeep that was used by the gunmen involved in the Beliatta shooting incident, which claimed five lives, was located in Galle, police said.
The vehicle was parked close to the Vidyaloka Pirivena.
On Monday (22), a group of people who had arrived in a jeep shot five persons dead who had travelled in a Defender.
Four individuals were killed instantly in the shooting that occurred between 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. The fifth person died after being admitted to the Tangalle Hospital with serious gunshot wounds.
Saman Perera, the leader of “Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya” was among the deceased.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
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