Police have launched a manhunt for the gunman and an accomplice who shot dead a retired assistant superintendent of prison at Akmeemana today.
Police said the victim had been sweeping his gardens when the pillion rider on a motorcycle shot at him.
He was found dead on admission to the Karapitiya hospital.
Police said no motive for the killing was know yet.
The victim, an Assistant Superintendent of Prison who last served at the Boosa prison has been identified as 61 year old Cyril Dhammika.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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