Broken love affair, cause for Siyambalanduwa shooting

Initial investigations have disclosed that the gunman who shot a female teacher attached to the Siyambalanduwa Maha Vidyala today had taken revenge after their affair was broken.

The suspect, a father of two and a resident of Badulla, was having a love affair witch the lady teacher. He had been working as a peon at the Moneragala Post Office and lost his job a couple of months ago. The suspect died on the sport while the lady teacher succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.