Preliminary Police investigations reveal that gunmen had arrived in a car and used two T56 firearms to carry out the shooting reported in Athurugiriya this morning.
Two men, including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera Alias ‘Club Wasantha’, were killed in the attack at a tattoo parlour. According to the Police, the deceased are residents of Athurugiriya and Colombo 07.
Meanwhile, a woman and a man who were injured in the shooting are receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital, while two other injured women are undergoing treatment at the Homagama Hospital.
Media reports state the vehicle used to carry out the shooting has been found abandoned in the Koratota area in Kaduwela.
The Athurugiriya Police is conducting further investigations into the incident.(Newswire)
