Police have arrested a man over the shooting of a couple inside their restaurant at Gallassa in Kalutara last month, more than five weeks after the killings.
The suspect, a 30-year-old resident of Kalutara South, is alleged to have aided and abetted the shooting, NewsFirst reported.
The restaurant’s owner and his wife were shot dead inside the premises on 9 October.
What the report does not cover
NewsFirst’s account is short and leaves most of the case open. It does not name the victims or the suspect, identify which police division or unit made the arrest, or say where and how the suspect was detained.
It also gives no indication of a motive, does not say whether the gunman who fired the shots has been identified or arrested, and does not state whether the suspect has been produced before a magistrate or remanded. The weapon used has not been described in the reporting.
The gap between the killings and this arrest — more than five weeks — is itself unexplained in the report, as is whether any earlier arrests were made in the case.
Context
Shootings at business premises in the Kalutara district have featured in this desk’s coverage before, including the shooting of a slaughterhouse owner at Vettumakada in May and the arrest of a gunman at Payagala the following month. There is nothing in the current reporting linking those cases to the Gallassa killings.
NewsFirst is the only verified newsroom this desk found carrying the arrest. Ada Derana, which routinely files on police matters, was unreachable at the time of writing, and no Daily Mirror or Hiru News filing on the arrest appeared on their rails.