UPDATE : Security personnel involved in Ginigathhena shooting remanded till Nov 11

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Two security personnel attached to MP S. B. Dissanayake’s security detail who were arrested in connection with last evening’s shooting incident in Polpitiya, Ginigathhena, have been remanded till Nov 11.

The suspects were produced before the Hatton Magistrate's Court today, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

The two security personnel had opened fire at two individuals for obstructing the vehicle that MP Dissanayake was travelling in last night.

Police discovered three empty ammunition shells at the scene of the shooting. Their two firearms were also taken into police custody.

(Reporting by Damith Wickremasekera)

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