A 34-year-old suspect has been arrested for aiding the recent shooting incident near the Devinuwara Dewalaya in Gandara, in which two men, aged 28 and 29, were killed.
According to the Police, the suspect has been arrested for aiding the chief suspects to set fire to the van that was used to carry out the shooting.
The suspect was arrested on Sunday in the Gandara Police Division by officials from the Matara Division Crimes Investigation Unit.
Two men, aged 28 and 29, were killed near the Devinuwara Dewalaya in Gandara on Saturday morning (22).
The victims were travelling on a motorbike when they were pursued by unidentified individuals in a van.
The assailants reportedly collided with the motorbike, shot the victims, and fled the scene, after which they set fire to the van some distance away before escaping. (Newswire)
