One person was injured when police opened fire on a three-wheeler that was driven on without stopping as ordered, Hiru News reported on Saturday evening.
Police said the shooting took place in the area of Mahakade junction, on the Kadawatha–Gonahena road.
A further person has been arrested in connection with the incident, according to the report.
Context
Police use of firearms against a moving vehicle that fails to stop is governed by departmental rules on the proportionate use of force, and such incidents are ordinarily referred for internal review. The filing does not indicate whether any such review has been initiated.
Not reported
The Hiru filing is brief and leaves most of the incident unestablished. It does not say who was injured — the three-wheeler’s driver, a passenger or a bystander — or the severity of their injuries or where they were taken for treatment. It does not state the time of the shooting, why police had ordered the vehicle to stop, how many officers fired or how many rounds were discharged, whether the person arrested was in the three-wheeler, or what either the injured person or the person arrested is suspected of.
LankaNewz found no independent reporting of this incident on other verified newsrooms at the time of writing. Separate reports circulating about gunfire at a house near Techno Junction in Kadawatha refer to a different incident and have not been merged into this account.