A restaurant owner was shot dead and his wife sustained severe injuries following a shooting outside their business premises in Nagoda, Kalutara, on Friday morning, October 9.
Two unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle arrived at the scene, opened fire on the couple, and immediately fled the area. The restaurant owner died as a result of the gunfire, while his critically injured wife was rushed to the Nagoda Teaching Hospital for medical treatment.
Preliminary findings from the scene indicate that the attackers utilized a T-56 assault rifle in the shooting.
Key Developments
- The incident occurred on Friday morning outside a restaurant in Nagoda, Kalutara.
- Two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle carried out the attack using a T-56 assault rifle before fleeing.
- The restaurant owner succumbed to his injuries, and his wife remains hospitalized at Nagoda Teaching Hospital with serious wounds.
- A motive for the shooting has not yet been established.
A multi-agency probe is currently underway, with the Kalutara Crimes Division, the Divisional Criminal Investigation Unit, crime scene investigators, and the Kalutara South Police actively conducting inquiries into the incident.