A shooting incident in Batapola, Elpitiya a short while ago has injured five people.

The five injured individuals were travelling in a car when they got shot at by two armed gunmen on a motorcycle.

Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekera stated that the injured have been hospitalised.

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