27 February 2017 10:05 am
Police said that an unidentified group of gunmen had opened fire at the bus while it was carrying Prisoners from Kalutara Prison to Kaduwela Magistrate courts.
The incident had happened at Ethanamadala, Jawatte road in Kalutara.
One prison officer had died on admission to the Kaluthara Base Hospital and another died on admission to the National Hospital Colombo. (Thilanka Kanakarathna and S. Thantriarachchi)