Another weapon recovered from Diyawannawa

1 September 2016 12:01 pm

A pistol allegedly used by the suspect military officer in the recent shooting at Aturugiriya where his wife was killed was recovered last morning from the Diyawannawa Lake near the Japanese Friendship Bridge by Aturugiriya police with the help of the army and the Navy.

They carried out the search operation on information provided under interrogation by the suspect. Police had on Wednesday (30) recovered another pistol used by the suspect from the same location.  

Police said the all identification data in the pistol had however been erased. (Irangi Edirisinghe)