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Two injured as unidentified gunmen shoot with assault rifle
The Island
|August 20, 2025
Two people, including a pedestrian, were injured in a shooting incident at Gnanarathana Mawatha, Peliyagoda, yesterday morning (19), police said.
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Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a 45-year-old fish market trader from Colombo 15, who was travelling on a scooter. A passerby on a bicycle,
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The Island.
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