The vehicle believed to have been used by the assailants complicit in the Beliatta shooting incident that killed five individuals has been found while parked near the Vidyaloka Pirivena in Galle.On Tuesday (Jan.23), a group of persons who had arrived in a double-cab had opened fire at a Defender near the Beliatta Interchange of the Southern Expressway.In the shooting, which took place between 8:30 a.m.
and 8:40 a.m., four persons were killed at the scene.
The other person who was inside the Defender was rushed to the Tangalle Hospital with critical gunshot wounds, however, he had succumbed to injuries shortly after.Among the deceased was the leader of Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya (Our Power of People Party or OPPP) Saman Perera.