Weapon used in Soysapura shooting recovered from Piliyandala

11 June 2020 05:43 pm

A T-56 weapon which was allegedly used in the Soysapura shooting, was recovered from a forest behind a house at Suwarapola in Piliyandala today, police said.

They said a man who is a close associate of a main drug dealer, was also arrested along with the weapon.

A group of gunmen, who arrived in a car opened fire at an eatery in Soysapura, Ratmalana on May 29. (Bimal Shyaman Jayasinghe)