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Sri Lanka: Prison bus shot at, 7 killed

India Blooms News Service | | Feb 27, 2017, at 06:18 pm

Colombo, Feb 27 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed as a prison bus was shot in Sri Lanka's Kalutara area on Monday, media reports said.

According to local media reports, the deceased included underworld figure Aruna Udayashantha alias Samayan.

Police was quoted as saying by Daily Mirror that an unidentified group of gunmen had opened fire at the bus while it was carrying Prisoners from Kalutara Prison to Kaduwela Magistrate courts.

#Prison Bus #PrisonBusShot #SriLanka #Aruna Udayashantha

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