Soysapura Lakmadhura Hotel owner murdered. CCTV

The owner of the 'Lak Madhura Hotel' restaurant in Soysapura, Moratuwa, was killed in a shooting incident yesterday (20) around 8:20 PM, when an armed group stormed the restaurant and opened fire. In this crime, carried out using a T56 firearm, a woman who was dining at the restaurant at the time was also injured and hospitalized.

According to the police, two individuals who arrived in a car carried out the shooting. The direct target of the shooters was the restaurant owner. Although steps were taken to admit him to Kalubowila Teaching Hospital after he sustained serious injuries in the shooting, he succumbed to his injuries there. The deceased was a 49-year-old resident of the Soysapura area.

After committing the murder, the suspects fled in the same car they arrived in. During their escape, their vehicle experienced a sudden mechanical breakdown in the Suwarapola area of Piliyandala. The shooters then abandoned their vehicle at that location, fired shots into the air to intimidate a passing motorcyclist, and then snatched his motorcycle and fled.

The police confirmed that the stolen motorcycle was later found abandoned in the Siddamulla area. The police are currently conducting further investigations to apprehend the suspects involved in this incident.

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