Man shot at in Tissa and H’tota

9 April 2015 02:12 pm

A man who was shot at by an unidentified person in Tissamaharama town today, was later shot again  at the Hambantota Hospital while undergoing treatment, police said.

The victim, a resident of Pasyala had gone to Tissamaharama to appear in a divorce case when he had been shot at by a man who later fled the scene.

The injured was admitted to the Debarawewa Hospital and then transferred to the Hambantota Hospital where he was shot again.

Police said the offender had left the crime weapon at the Hospital before fleeing. (LSP)