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Group in search of son shoots his father to death in Ambalantota

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A 62-year-old man was killed in a shooting at a house at Koggalla in Ambalantota early this morning. Police said three unidentified persons had entered a house in the Kadawara North area in ​​Koggalla, in search of a son of the victim.

When a girl in the house saw this group and screamed, the father of the person whom the group was looking for had reportedly come out of the house. At that time, the gunman had shot him and fled.

The Ambalantota Police are conducting investigations to apprehend the suspects.

 

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