CMC member shot dead in Pettah

9 July 2018 09:25 am

An Independent group Colombo Municipal Councilor Krishnapillai Thirubanandan alias Krishna was shot dead by an unidentified gunman this morning in Pettah.

Police said the 40-year-old councilor, a resident of Colombo 13, was injured when the gunman open fired at him while he was inside a fruit shop at Adivel Street in Pettah at around 7.45 this morning.

He succumbed to injuries after admission to the Colombo National Hospital. (DS)

 

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