Bikes, helmets and T56

Monday’s incident was one of several shootings reported within the first two weeks of this month.

On December 6, two gunmen on a motorbike, wearing full-face helmets, shot a 30-year-old man near Kaldemulla Junction in Angulana, Mt. Lavinia. The victim, an area resident, died after being admitted to the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital.

On Wednesday (12), two unidentified men, also on a motorbike and clad in full-face helmets, shot and killed a 35-year-old businessman at Sapugaskanda.

The first incident is suspected to be over a dispute between two rival criminal gangs while the other is thought to have resulted from a personal dispute.

In both cases, the assailants had used T56 weapons. No arrests have been made in either incident so far.