Kollupitiya Music School Attack: A mistake occurred, thinking it was the tele-actor's son's pub

A music school located on R.A. De Mel Mawatha, Kollupitiya, and its main gate were subjected to a shooting attack early yesterday (25).

Police investigations have revealed that the attack, which was targeting a nightclub said to belong to the son of a teledrama actor located near that building, mistakenly hit the music school.

 The said teledrama actor has since passed away, and his son, the owner of the nightclub, is a person connected to the underworld who has fled to Dubai and is in hiding, senior police officers reveal. On November 7th last year, an underworld gang broke into this nightclub, set it on fire, and destroyed it, and several people sustained burn injuries in that incident.

The police state that individuals allegedly connected to last year's attack have already been arrested and remanded, and an identification parade for them is scheduled to be held on the 29th of this month at the Fort Magistrate's Court in Colombo. In connection with the current shooting, Kollupitiya Police have found about sixteen T-56 automatic firearm bullets around the music school building. Police sources report that CCTV camera footage revealed one of two individuals who arrived on a motorcycle carrying out this shooting.

Police suspect that two individuals belonging to a rival underworld gang against the teledrama actor's son may have mistakenly identified the music school as the nightclub and carried out the shooting. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Division of Kollupitiya Police are continuously conducting extensive investigations into this incident.