Two MIs injured in Maligawatta, Colombo shooting

(October,05,Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)Two Military Intelligence soldiers were seriously injured when suspected underworld gunmen shot at them at Maligawatta, Colombo today evening , the military said.

Military Spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said the Intelligence officers in civics traveling in a three-wheeler when the gunmen who came in another three-wheeler had fired at them with a pistol. “Initial police investigations have revealed that an underworld gang was involved in the shooting and they had mistaken the two soldiers for members of another underworld gang,” Brigadier Nanayakkara said.

He said the soldiers who did not suffer life threatening injuries. Meanwhile, the Media Centre for National Security said the assailants were either members of the LTTE criminal network or another group of criminals.”