A man was killed after two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at him at the Angoda Junction, in Mulleriyawa on the Avissawella Road. The shooting had taken place around 3.00 p.m. yesterday, by the two unidentified gunmen, who lad later fled the scene, Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.
Tharaka Iroshana (33), a resident of Kalapaluwawa in Rajagiriya was rushed to the Mulleriyawa Hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead on admission.