A person who was traveling in a jeep was shot and killed by an assassin who came on a motorcycle in Pinwatta Thidon Silva Mawatha.
The police say that the person killed was Anuruddha Sampath Kodagoda, a 56-year-old resident of Kirillawala, Kadawata.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the assailant used a pistol for the shooting.
Pinwatta police are conducting further investigations.
