A drug dealer has been killed in the shooting incident in Athurugiriya a short while ago. Police Anti-Narcotics Bureau had been carried out the shooting.

The Police Media Unit says that the shooting  was reported from near the Oruwala Hospital in Athurugiriya a short while ago.

The News1st reporter at the scene says that it appears that persons travelling in a SUV had opened fire on a car. He added that bullet holes could be seen on the vehicle and that there were empty shell casings at the scene.

Our reporter also noted that he had witnessed blood spattered at the scene of the shooting.

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