An individual was killed when police opened fire at a lorry when the driver refused to stop the vehicle at a road block in Maha Oya early this morning.  

The lorry was allegedly carrying cattle along the Arawanthalawa Road and was directed at the road block by policemen.

The vehicle had not halted after being shot at and was found 10 Km from the road block in by road in Borapola by officers who followed it.

Police found a man with gunshot wounds at the back of the lorry. The driver and cattle had disappeared, Police said.   

The injured succumbed to his injuries after he was admitted to the Maha Oya Hospital. Police suspect the others in the lorry had released the cattle before fleeing away.(DS & LSP)