COLOMBO (News 1st); Two people were gunned donw by an unknown gunan on a motorbike in the Galagoda area in Ambalangoda.

Sri Lanka Police said one person died on the spot, and the other died upon admission to the Balapitiya Hospital.

The deceased were identified as a 49-year-old man and a 44-year-old man from Galagoda.

Police suspect that this shooting may be linked to the shooting in Urawatte, Ambalangoda yesterday (26) that killed one man.

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