According to Police Media Spokesperson DIG Advocate Mr Nihal Talduwa, a chicken shop owner was shot at in Jampata Street, Newham Square area. Sri Lanka Latest News
A 57-year-old man named Mohammad Rilwan was injured in the shooting.
The media spokesman said that while the person who was shot was sitting on a chair in the mall, one of the two people who had come on a motorcycle approached him and fired three shots with a revolver-type firearm, one of which hit the person in the shoulder area.