Three persons were killed in a shooting last night at Mahabodhiwatta in Hiniduma, police said.
According to Police Media Unit, two men who arrived on a motorbike had burst into a boarding house and opened fire on the occupants, killing the owner of the boarding house and two others.
All three victims died at the scene. The owner of the boarding house has been identified as a 55-year-old resident of Mahabodhiwatta, Panangala. The other two deceased are residents of Hiniduma and Ambalangoda.
A motive for the killing is yet to be established and investigations are underway to arrest the assailants, police added.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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