A pregnant woman reportedly on her way to visit an inmate at the
Welikada prison was injured last evening when two gunmen on a
motorbike opened fire at her just opposite the Welikada prison,
Police sources said yesterday. The injured woman was admitted to the
Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital.
Ten Divisional Enforcement Teams (DETs) with the backing of the
Special Task Force are now operating to check the crime wave due to
notorious criminals, gangsters, robbers and drug dealers, Senior DIG
Western Province.
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