A woman was shot dead this morning at a hardware shop located in Wadduwa – Morontuduwa road. Two men riding on motorcycle had entered the hardware shop where the woman was working and shot her point blank. The woman who was rushed to Panadura hospital succumbed to her injuries a little while later.

Police said her husband had been shot dead a few years ago and she was one of the witnesses in the case. However, the reason for the shooting has not yet been revealed.  The victim Indrani Addasuriya (44), a resident of Pattieliya was an employee of the hardware shop and a mother of four children.  (Kusal Chamath)