{"id":3433,"date":"2025-04-02T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2025-04-02T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:27:17","slug":"suspects-arrested-over-two-shooting-incidents-in-southern-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3433","title":{"rendered":"Suspects arrested over two shooting incidents in Southern Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested two suspects in connection with separate shooting incidents reported in the Ambalangoda and Ambalantota police divisions.<\/p>\n<p>One of the incidents occurred on March 14 in the Idamthota area of Ambalangoda, where a person was shot and killed. Authorities arrested a 31-year-old suspect from Meetiyagoda yesterday (April 1) for allegedly aiding and abetting the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Ambalangoda Police are continuing their investigations into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In another case, a shooting took place in the early hours of March 31, when two unidentified individuals on a motorcycle opened fire on a person inside a house in Koggalla, in the Ambalantota Police Division.<\/p>\n<p>A suspect linked to this crime was apprehended yesterday in Koggalla, Ambalantota, along with a locally-made firearm believed to have been used in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The arrested individual is a 26-year-old resident of Sooriyawewa, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigations into both incidents are underway by the Ambalangoda and Ambalantota police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested two suspects in connection with separate shooting incidents reported in the Ambalangoda and Ambalantota police divisions. 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