A person has been injured in a shooting incident in the 18th Post area, Katunayake. The shooting reportedly occurred at around 10 am today (06).
A team of police officers had gone to the area to arrest the person based on information that a certain person was behaving in a disorderly manner.
There, he had attacked a police officer with a sharp weapon. The police officers who immediately responded at that time shot the suspect from the knee to the head, the Police Media Division said.
The person injured in the shooting has been admitted to the Seeduwa Vijayakumaratunga Hospital for treatment. Seeduwa Police are conducting further investigations.
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