Beliatta shootings : Wife and father of gunman arrested

February 8, 2024 at 4:16 PM

Two accomplices of the main suspect involved in the mass shooting in Beliatta in January, have been remanded. 

According to media reports, the wife of the main gunman and her father have been remanded until February 21, 2024.

They were remanded after being produced before the Attanagalla Magistrate’s Court today.

Several suspects have been apprehended in connection to the mass shooting that took place on January 22. 

Five persons, including the Leader of the ‘Our Peoples Party’ Saman Perera were killed in the shooting. (NewsWire)